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Craig Cannonier said the Bermuda Government is hoping to advance projects that benefit the wider community this year with its Throne Speech pledges. Speaking at a press conference, Mr Cannonier, the Minister of Public Works, highlighted the planned i...

Progressive Labour Party Leader David Burt has announced his new shadow cabinet, bringing back into the fold MPs who resigned under Marc Bean’s leadership. Of those returning are Walton Brown, who has been appointed Shadow Minister of Home Affairs, ...

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump was elected America’s 45th president in the early hours of this morning, an astonishing victory for a celebrity businessman and political novice who capitalised on voters’ economic anxieties, took advantage of racial tension...

A focus on improving long-term care, helping seniors age at home and tackling age discrimination in the workplace has been welcomed by charity Age Concern. However, deputy board chairman Charles Jeffers cautioned that this was only the beginning and ...

A cross-section of Bermudian society gathered yesterday morning to hear Acting Governor Ginny Ferson deliver the 2016 Throne Speech. Politicians, judges and schoolchildren were among those present in the south parking lot of Sessions House, as Parlia...

Teachers’ union leader Mike Charles has dismissed the education proposals set out in yesterday’s Throne Speech as “a bunch of platitudes”. Bermuda Education Network executive director Becky Ausenda cautiously welcomed the initiatives, but questioned ...

Legislation regulating dogs is set to be “modernised”, according to the Throne Speech. Among the proposed changes will be measures to set standards for the keeping of dogs, the banning of cosmetic surgical procedures on dogs and a review of controver...

Deputy leader of the Progressive Labour Party David Burt was voted in as Leader of the Opposition in a tightly fought contest last night. The former Shadow Minister of Finance and chairman of the Public Accounts Committee replaces Marc Bean who reti...

Marc Daniels, who had served as the Opposition Leader in the Senate, has resigned from the Upper House, citing “subterfuge and deceit” against Marc Bean, who stepped down on Friday as Opposition Leader. The Progressive Labour Party yesterday afternoo...

Tougher road safety measures, including roadside breath testing and speed cameras, were among the initiatives presented in yesterday’s Throne Speech. Pledging an enhanced quality of island life, the speech reiterated Government’s two-track strategy o...