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Former premier Sir John Swan has spoken warmly about his meetings with the Queen as a huge banner to mark the monarch’s platinum jubilee was unveiled in Hamilton. Sir John, who resigned as head of government after voters rejected his push for indepen...

Talks on the Government’s stalled bid to get its controversial cannabis plans into law will be held with a senior British official this week. Paul Candler, the director of Overseas Territories at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, i...

Canada’s approach to legal cannabis could offer clues for how Bermuda might navigate a constitutional impasse over introducing a regulated industry for the drug. Nicola Barker, a British human rights and constitutional lawyer, said a solution could b...

The Government has refused to say if it is holding talks with London over its flagship cannabis legislation after Rena Lalgie, the Governor, failed to give it Royal Assent. Instead, Ms Lalgie reserved Assent, calling on the Progressive Labour Party g...

A decision by Rena Lalgie, the Governor, to reserve assent on the Government’s controversial flagship cannabis legislation plunged Bermuda into uncharted constitutional waters yesterday. But the Governor urged Bermuda officials to work with the Brit...

A Cabinet minister has denied that behind the scenes talks with London are the reason for a delay in sending controversial legislation on legalising cannabis to the Governor for consideration. The remarks came after OBA former premier Craig Cannonier...

Opposition MP Craig Cannonier has called for answers on why the Bermuda Tourism Authority’s chief sales and marketing officer and his deputy have left the organisation. Douglas Trueblood’s departure, after little more than a year in the post, was ann...

Two sessions to help women achieve financial independence will be run as part of the latest calendar of events from the Women’s Resource Centre. Angela Joell, an education and investment manager at Argus Group, will tailor special courses to suit wom...

Independence may be the island’s road map away from racism, a former Progressive Labour Party premier has claimed. Ewart Brown said that Black people were still treated as second-class citizens in Bermuda and that racial discrimination was rife. But ...

The One Bermuda Alliance claimed tonight that the legislation of cannabis was a “smokescreen” for a push towards independence. Cole Simons, the Leader of the Opposition, said the legislation could fall foul of Britain’s international obligations and...