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Britain’s refusal to allow Bermuda to liberalise its cannabis laws has been branded a “colonial-style intervention” in the UK’s most famous newspaper. An article in The Times by lawyers Charles Kuhn and Gabriella Bligh claimed the decision by London...

Bermuda is too divided on racial and economic lines for the “unsettling” prospect of independence to be an option at this time, Cole Simons, the One Bermuda Alliance leader, has said. The opposition leader said the island should concentrate on issue...

The Commissioner of Police said he was trying to develop a speak up culture where officers were held to a “robust” set of standards. Darrin Simons highlighted the importance of employees challenging any improper conduct by their colleagues but added ...

The One Bermuda Alliance has accused the Government of deliberately picking fights with the UK in order to push through an independence agenda. Scott Pearman, the OBA’s spokesman on Legal and Home Affairs, spoke out after a Government senator blamed ...

Bermuda suffers a “democratic deficiency” under the current constitutional set up, a new study into self-governance states. The report, commissioned by the Government at a cost of $50,000, finds that the UK is not doing enough to work with the island...

An international adviser on self-governance suggested the island cannot afford to delay its political evolution, which would include “removal of the final vestiges of colonialism”. Carlyle Corbin said that the level of delegation to Bermuda by the UK...

A report showed that Bermuda is unprepared for the “full measure of self-governance” according to a series of indicators against which the island’s readiness was measured, the House of Assembly heard today. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Minister of Legal A...

Seniors in Sandys have received boxes full of herb and vegetable seedlings to help them to grow their own food. The boxes were presented by the Hamilton Rotary Club’s youth division, Bermuda Interact, and are aimed at helping to reduce the cost of l...

Cole Simons, the Leader of the Opposition, is in London this week at the British Overseas Territories Forum. Mr Simons attended to discuss common global challenges as well as unique individual legislature issues with Overseas Territories members. In ...

A former Premier has backed the head of the Information Commission in her efforts to protect public access to information. Alex Scott, speaking as part of a new interview series, Conversations with a Former Premier with Heather Whalen, described Pati...