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A former United Bermuda Party candidate has thrown her hat in the ring as an independent in the constituency last held by the leader of the One Bermuda Alliance. Marilyn Steede said she decided to run in Devonshire South Central, where Craig Cannonie...

A founding member of the Free Democratic Movement has resigned from the group and will not be a candidate in the General Election. Kae Thomas Palacio announced the move yesterday. A press release said: “Kae Thomas Palacio has resigned as a founder an...

Activist group Community Voices for Democracy has invited the leaders of Bermuda’s three political parties to hold a debate in front of a limited live audience on Monday evening. The group had hoped that a live head-to-head debate could take place b...

The Government has turned a blind eye to the West End, many residents have claimed. Voters in the four Sandys constituencies appealed to election candidates to look at the crumbing buildings in the area and the lack of community-building work if they...

An independent authority must be created to take the politics out of Bermuda’s public education system, a parent and former PTA president has said. Danielle Riviere, who moved her three children into private schools after primary education because sh...

The leader of the One Bermuda Alliance branded the Progressive Labour Party platform on Wednesday as “smoke and mirrors” and built on unaffordable promises. Craig Cannonier said David Burt, the Premier, had attempted to deceive the public. He added: ...

Covid-19 has exposed the extent of poverty on the island, frontline workers have claimed. Rachel Dill, the director of client services at the Coalition for the Protection of Children, said even two-parent families with full-time jobs had been forced ...

Legislation to revamp the financial assistance system is in the pipeline, the Minister of Labour announced yesterday. Jason Hayward said that the changes, if approved by the next government, would help give assistance to people who needed it and assi...

A reduction in taxation levels is needed if the economy is to recover, the leader of the island’s newest political force said this week. Marc Bean, of the Free Democratic Movement, said his party’s action plan for kick-starting the economy included t...

Cross-party election candidates featured at a youth forum have backed a debate among party leaders in the run-up to the General Election. Would-be MPs who took part in a virtual forum organised by youth group Bermuda Youth Connect said a debate befor...