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An update on the National Tourism Plan led to a war of words in the Upper House this week. The clash followed an industry update by Junior Tourism Minister Vince Ingham based on statistics from a recent report. According to that report, the Island sh...

Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards yesterday called on Government to pour resources into creating more private sector jobs to halt the decline in Bermuda’s economy. Mr Richards expressed alarm that the number of people working for Government had su...

Dame Jennifer Smith believes Government are winning the fight against the economic crisis that has triggered high levels of unemployment on the Island. Running for re-election in Constituency 1, the former premier said she thought Bermuda was ‘making...

A debate on Bermuda’s drugs laws could take place soon as Government presses forward with plans to adjust punishments for certain substances, according to Attorney General Kim Wilson. And Senator Wilson said she has directed cautioning guidelines be ...

Government is setting up a $500,000 retraining scholarship fund at Bermuda College to help people into jobs currently held by expatriates. The initiative will target Bermudians struggling to find work despite their experience in accounting, informati...

Ruling party backbencher Randy Horton was yesterday rolled out as the party’s election candidate for Southampton West. Premier Paula Cox described Mr Horton as a “drum major for social justice and equity” and a good team player. Mr Horton first enter...

Veteran politicians Dennis Lister and Michael Scott were yesterday unveiled as general election candidates for Sandys North Central and Sandys North. Premier Paula Cox described the pair as “two pillars of the Progressive Labour Party Government”. Mr...

Economy Minister Patrice Minors assured the House of Assembly she had “no intentions to make any changes to the existing policy” when it came to term limits. The statement came as Ms Minors rebutted Opposition claims that the policy had driven busine...

When Louise Jackson came to Bermuda in 1952 to begin a career as a physical education teacher, she had no idea she would end up facing many of her students in the House of Assembly. At the age of 81, as she ends a nine-year stint in Parliament, Mrs J...