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The public was yesterday asked to mark World Braille Day by “bridging the gap” between themselves and people with sight problems. Tinée Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors, said today marked the fourth annual commemoration by the ...

After a tumultuous 12 months in politics we look ahead at the likely flashpoints in the year to come. Shaun Connolly reports. HIGH STAKES IN CANNABIS CLASH David Burt, the Premier, appears on a collision course with Rena Lalgie, the Governor, over fa...

Independence is on the cards for Bermuda, but the island should not sever its ties with the monarchy, Hamilton’s Mayor has insisted. Charles Gosling, widely seen as a conservative figure, said Bermuda’s political scene needed to ensure it was mature ...

A veteran of the elite Royal Marine Commandos was also a prominent businessman at a well-known china, crystal and antiques shop. Major Peter Darling, who served nearly 30 years in the Marines, ran Bluck’s on Front Street with his brother, Lieutenant-...

Plans for the new session of Parliament could be hit by a lack of cash, a top economist warned last night. Craig Simmons, a Bermuda College lecturer, added that last Friday’s Throne Speech lacked detail. Mr Simmons said the speech was “ambitious”. He...

The Premier today denied claims that a lack of major new programmes in the Throne Speech meant the Government was running out of imagination and energy. David Burt was speaking after the One Bermuda Alliance attacked the legislative programme as bein...

The Constitution and parts of the island’s governance are in line to be updated in the new session of Parliament, it was announced in the Throne Speech yesterday. Rena Lalgie, the Governor, who delivered the speech on behalf of the Government, said t...

Here are five things we learnt from today’s Throne Speech: 1) A day of firsts: Rena Lalgie, the Governor, made history as the first woman, and the first Black person, to deliver the Speech from the Throne. She used the occasion to subtly, but fi...

The Throne Speech, under the title of “Social Renewal and Economic Recovery”, opened with the Governor’s reflection on the “definitive”, once-in-an-era change brought by the Covid-19 pandemic. Rena Lalgie told the gathering: “The wounds inflicted by ...

Two locations have been identified as possible sites for an offshore wind farm, according to an initial report. But further studies need to be carried out before it can be decided if the project to bring sustainable energy to the island is viable. Th...