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The Government today admitted it has failed to work out the “magic number” for Bermuda’s ideal population size. Jason Hayward, the labour minister, said that despite talks with the finance ministry, ministers had yet to figure out a “ballpark” numbe...

The Premier has been accused of using the Government’s cannabis policy to divert voters away from the island’s problems. Cole Simons, the One Bermuda Alliance leader, said David Burt and his Progressive Labour Party administration should concentrate...

Bermuda will lose an ally at the heart of the US establishment after a veteran congressman with Bermudian ties retires, a former premier warned yesterday. Sir John Swan said the decision by GK Butterfield, whose father was Bermudian, to stand down u...

Changes to Bermuda’s electricity grid will be needed to attract a range of new power technologies, the home affairs minister said. But scenarios being reviewed would not allow a new generation company to hook-up to the island’s present electricity gr...

Wave power has the potential to meet all the island’s electricity demand, the home affairs minister said today. Walter Roban added a move to wave generation would also lead to cheaper bills for consumers. Mr Roban was speaking as he announced an agre...

A US congressman whose father was Bermudian and who helped secure the release of emergency equipment for the island as the Covid19 crisis hit, is to stand down from his seat. GK Butterfield, a Democrat, attacked Republicans for “racially gerrymanderi...

A minister has denied that lack of clarity on funding for a major youth initiative creates a credibility gap for the flagship project. Ernest Peets, Minister for Youth, Culture and Sport, made the claim today as he appealed for members of the public ...

Senior police officers are in talks with the Government after a push to get more officers on the beat. Renee Ming, the national security minister, revealed this week that the Bermuda Police Service had asked for extra cash to fund a recruitment drive...

Bermuda is a trail blazer in the race against time to combat the climate crisis, according to Walter Roban. A document the home affairs minister presented to the recent COP26 global warming summit in Glasgow sets out ways to protect Bermuda’s fragil...

A murdered British MP has been honoured by the Premier at a wreath-laying ceremony at Westminster. David Burt, in London for a UK Overseas Territories summit, was joined at the remembrance event for Sir David Amess by Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Speaker o...