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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...

Two Bermudians last night described receiving New Year’s Honours as “humbling“ and ”astonishing“. Owen Ellsworth Simons was honoured with a Queen’s Certificate and Badge of Honour for services to music education on the island. Erica Smith, the execut...

The Opposition One Bermuda Alliance is calling on anyone who sees intoxicated friends attempting to drive home after a night out to stop them. Susan Jackson, the shadow transport minister, made the appeal in the run-up to Christmas — a time when “li...

A former director of the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs will head a new committee set up to preserve the histories of school scheduled for closure, the education minister has announced. Diallo Rabain said Heather Whalen would spearhead ...

A total of 56 recommendations were made under six headings in a report by the Commission of Inquiry into Historic Land Losses. The panel, headed by retired Puisne Judge Norma Wade-Miller, examined alleged land losses said to have happened “through th...

An organisational revamp of the Bermuda National Trust was yesterday backed by the Senate. The legislation, which increased the number of people to be elected to the trust’s council to 13 and ended appointment to the council by entitlement, was passe...

Employers and third sector agencies are to join a number of Government departments in the latest efforts to tackle gang violence. Renée Ming, the Minister of National Security, told the House of Assembly: “We will not police our way out of this probl...

Legislation to modernise the Bermuda National Trust was passed by MPs today with support from both sides of the House of Assembly. Diallo Rabain, the education minister, launched the debate on the Bermuda National Trust Amendment Act. He said the BNT...

The Premier, Health Minister and Education Minister are due to have a press conference at 12.45pm. We will have live coverage and extensive reports.

A former education Permanent Secretary yesterday questioned if she would ever face a Progressive Labour Party disciplinary committee over her opposition to the closure of a historic primary school. Ellen-Kate Horton, a veteran PLP member who was thre...