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United Bermuda Party leader Kim Swan today urged Premier Paula Cox to take his party’s advice as she prepares to deliver tomorrow’s Budget. Mr Swan said the Island would be in much better shape if Government had heeded the UBP’s financial suggestions...

Michael Fahy believes Bermuda’s economy can only be saved if Government owns up to its failings but he thinks we’re going to be waiting a long time for that to happen. “Be ready for the Premier to blame a worldwide downturn for the problems we face, ...

All Ministries are braced for cuts as Premier Paula Cox prepares a Budget many believe is the toughest Bermuda’s ever faced. Economist Craig Simmons warned an aggressive austerity Budget tomorrow severely cutting back on Government or public spending...

Government would have enough money to largely pay for Bermuda’s new hospital if it had kept its running costs in line with its tax revenue during 2010/11, according to Peter Everson. The Chamber of Commerce’s economic chairman put recent Government c...

Bob Richards hopes that, this time, people aren’t going to dismiss his advice as more scaremongering from Jeremiah the Prophet of Doom. Growing unemployment, folding businesses, wage freezes and overtime cuts all mean nobody is now unaware how badly ...

Bermuda’s new Opposition party could end up being led by somebody outside the House of Assembly. United Bermuda Party Senator Michael Dunkley and Bermuda Democratic Alliance leader Craig Cannonier are both touted as leadership contenders after the am...

MPs clashed in a fiery exchange after Shadow Health Minister Louise Jackson claimed Bermuda’s reputation was being trashed by “experimental” prostate cancer treatment at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. Progressive Labour Party members reacted angr...

Minister Glenn Blakeney warned drugs in sport will not be tolerated as MPs passed legislation establishing internationally accepted anti-doping rules. Mr Blakeney noted drugs are a scourge in Bermuda’s community, making the legislation “most importan...

Transport Minister Terry Lister was said to be very unhappy after senior colleagues prompted the reinstatement of a bus driver who was fired. Mr Lister is said to have wanted to stick by the decision to sack the employee for gross misconduct despite ...

Bermuda can follow the example of other countries in making health care more accessible and less expensive, Health Minister Zane DeSilva said yesterday. Mr DeSilva delivered a stinging attack on the way health care has been funded in Bermuda as he la...