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Dennis Lister Jr, the longest-serving Progressive Labour Party MP, has been chosen as the new Speaker of the House after a meeting last week of the PLP caucus. The PLP Parliamentary Group also endorsed the second longest-serving PLP Member of Parliam...

The Progressive Labour Party is to host an election victory party, free for the community, from 5pm this Friday at the Devonshire Recreation Club. The festivities, marking the PLP’s sweeping success in the July 16 General Election, is open to “reside...

Opposition Leader Patricia Gordon-Pamplin called on employers to enforce equal opportunities in the workplace in her Labour Day message. Ms Gordon-Pamplin said: “Labour Day is a time when all our citizens can be heralded for their part in creating a ...

A Government website detailing ministers’ overseas travel expenses will be upgraded and reactivated in October. Lovitta Foggo, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, maintained that the new Progressive Labour Party was committed to “full transparency”....

The Progressive Labour Party will explore all options of alternative energy with a view to protecting the island’s environment and ensuring its sustainability. Walton Brown, the minister responsible for the environment, also told The Royal Gazette he...

Michael Fahy’s decision to quit politics may be etched with disappointment at the thumping the party he helped to form took at the polls on July 18. But he remains adamant that the One Bermuda Alliance left the country in a better position than it fo...

A new Immigration Act could be introduced next year to address inequities in the present system, according to Walton Brown, the Minister of Home Affairs. Mr Brown also pledged that the new government would “explore with a level of urgency” how to res...

Police certificates will now be required with work permit applications, the Minister of Home Affairs announced today. In a statement issued yesterday, Walton Brown said: “As we move to carefully scrutinise applicants, the request to submit police cer...

Former Berkeley Institute principal Michelle Simmons has been appointed an independent Senator. Ms Simmons joins Joan Dillas-Wright and James Jardine as the independents in the Upper House after Carol Bassett, President of the Senate since 2008 and a...

Legislators return to Parliament next month with a new Cabinet position under Lovitta Foggo designed to steer Government reforms. The ministry, Ms Foggo’s first portfolio after ten years as an MP, will involve fresh scrutiny of good governance measur...