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The recent Court of Appeal judgment upholding the Government’s plan to turn the corporations of Hamilton and St George into local authorities with appointed leadership was notable for two reasons. First, the appeal court judges asserted the supremac...

Renée Ming’s departure from Cabinet this week has caused more instability at the highest levels of government. It appears that Mr Burt informed Cabinet he planned to announce a reshuffle on Monday. Ms Ming was reportedly going on holiday, so Mr Burt...

Bermuda is heading for a full-blooded constitutional crisis. The Cannabis Licensing Act was passed for a second time by the House of Assembly on Friday, and was tabled in the Senate on Monday. However, that tabling is a simple procedural matter. Hav...

Curtis Dickinson’s statement on Friday on why he resigned as finance minister is a textbook example of statesmanlike conduct. It is also a reminder of how badly Bermuda needs someone of Mr Dickinson’s calibre managing the finance ministry. Mr Dicki...

The House of Assembly has completed the Budget Debate, which has devolved into an annual exercise in futility by Members of Parliament, laced with contempt for the people who elected them to office. The debate is not futile because the Budget is uni...

David Burt became finance minister for the second time in February and his decision to add that portfolio to his duties as the Premier left a number of unanswered questions. Still unknown is the question of whether he plans to turn over the portfolio...

Different sections of the community will be celebrating or mourning this week after the Privy Council upheld the Government’s laws creating civil unions for same-sex couples but banning same-sex marriages. While the decision, by four judges of Bermu...

Lifestyle choices at the heart of driving up cost, putting unsustainable pressure on the health system

Bermuda Football Association is wrong to give public the silent treatment over referees’ boycott

In yesterday’s Budget Statement, David Burt made this observation: “There are many persons in our community who, in some way, shape or form, have become disillusioned by politics and government.” The reason for this, the Premier and now finance minis...