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Derrick Burgess yesterday insisted that there were no wrongdoings by the board, chair or deputy chair of the Bermuda Land Development Company when he was public works minister. The Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly said an Auditor-General’s re...

A brief session is expected for today’s House of Assembly, with legislators to debate the Contributory Pensions Order. The island’s recent turmoil in the wake of the “Paradise Papers” of leaked electronic files will be addressed by David Burt, the Pr...

Proposed legislation to replace same-sex marriage with “domestic partnerships” is a compromise deal, the Minister of Home Affairs admitted last night. Walton Brown said the Domestic Partnership Bill would grant a “raft of legal benefits for same-sex ...

The Premier pledged yesterday to “aggressively” defend Bermuda’s reputation after the release of millions of files that painted the island as a tax haven. David Burt said: “Bermuda is not a place to hide money. “In fact, you cannot hide money or avo...

Ousted former premier Craig Cannonier is to make a fresh attempt to lead the One Bermuda Alliance. Mr Cannonier, who quit in the wake of the Jetgate controversy in 2014, is to stand for leader of the party against interim Opposition leader Patricia G...

The Premier identified yesterday the 14 promises he claimed the Progressive Labour Party government had completed in its first 100 days. David Burt announced in Parliament last Friday that two-thirds of the PLP’s 21 pre-election pledges had been fulf...

Well, we have been presented with the Progressive Labour Party’s report on its first 100 days. I’m disappointed that not only were there fewer updates than I expected to see, but also that there was a considerable amount of spin. David Burt proclaim...

David Burt claimed yesterday that the Progressive Labour Party had completed 14 of its 21 “first 100 days” election pledges. But statements by the Premier and his PLP colleagues suggest only ten of the promises have actually been fulfilled, with nine...

Former Progressive Labour Party MP and senator Reginald Burrows, who died yesterday, was an eclectic Progressive Labour Party veteran and elder statesman of Bermuda politics. Mr Burrows, who was 83, battled Bermuda’s segregation in his personal, busi...

Former tourism minister Shawn Crockwell warned gaming chief Alan Dunch that casinos would be “delayed” until the One Bermuda Alliance was out of power. The late MP made the statement in an e-mail he sent to Mr Dunch, chairman of the Bermuda Casino Ga...