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Andrew Simons is the One Bermuda Alliance’s chosen candidate for constituency 13, The Royal Gazette understands. The young politician, who ran for Pembroke Central in 2012 but lost to Walton Brown, has been accepted to run for Devonshire North Centr...

A national plan is needed to tackle the issue of homelessness in Bermuda, according to Opposition MP Michael Weeks. Opening a take-note debate in the House of Assembly on Friday, the Shadow Minister of Health and Community Affairs said treating homel...

Broad-based tax increases were among the key recommendations of an independent report on the Bermuda’s Government’s efforts to stabilise its finances. The Fiscal Responsibility Panel (FRP), made up of three overseas experts, suggested that the Govern...

Asthma charity Open Airways is “disappointed” that legislation providing stricter controls for the sale of tobacco has been delayed. The Tobacco Control Act 2015 was brought before the House of Assembly on Friday by Jeanne Atherden, the Minister of ...

Opposition MP Jamahl Simmons said he was returning to his roots by taking up the role of Shadow Minister of Tourism in the House of Assembly. The Sandys South MP, who has also taken over economic development in this week’s Shadow Cabinet reshuffle, s...

Seven Progressive Labour Party members have quit the Shadow Cabinet, with Zane DeSilva declaring his move a result of Marc Bean's leadership. The Leader of the Opposition's harsh style with some members, as well as his perceived misogynistic behaviou...

The Progressive Labour Party would make good on its vow to eliminate middle schools if returned to power, replacing them with “five-year decentralised high schools”. Some middle schools, such as the Whitney Institute and Clearwater, would become seni...

A retroactive regime promising zero tolerance for corruption and graft would be a top priority by a Progressive Labour Party Government. Delivering his party’s “peace and prosperity agenda” in response to the Government’s Throne Speech, Marc Bean sai...

Bermuda College’s 2013 audited financial statements were laid before the House of Assembly yesterday revealing that the college had total assets worth just over $29 million. Wayne Scott, the Minister of Education, told the House of Assembly: “During...

“Children first” was the phrase used to describe the focus of the Ministry of Education during the Throne Speech on Friday. A raft of school improvement plans, which are under way and scheduled for completion by 2018, were outlined. Delivering a rela...