The retirement of veteran Opposition MP Trevor Moniz has forced a by-election in the constituency of Smith’s West. Former senator Vic Ball is running for the One Bermuda Alliance, while an announcement from the governing Progressive Labour Party is e...
DATE: Aug 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials | AUTHOR: RG: In our Opinion
A letter by the Premier to the Opposition leader posted on social media was condemned as a “cheap political PR stunt” by Craig Cannonier yesterday.
David Burt published the correspondence, addressed to Mr Cannonier, on Twitter “in the interest of tra...
Zeiko Lewis scored his third goal of the season in Charleston Battery’s 1-1 draw at home to Charlotte Independence in the USL Championship on Saturday.
Lewis’s shot was deflected off Charlotte defender Aaron Maund into the net in the 42nd minute to c...
Trevor Moniz was candid about his maverick, sometimes gadfly status yesterday, as the Opposition MP for Smith’s West announced his retirement from politics.
Mr Moniz described himself as a reluctant politician when he started out in the United Bermud...
DATE: Aug 04, 2020 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Trevor Moniz, a Smith’s MP for 27 years under the United Bermuda Party and the One Bermuda Alliance, announced his retirement from politics yesterday.
The veteran politician cited the need to “bring new blood to the House of Assembly”.
The often mave...
DATE: Aug 04, 2020 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
The drive for further political reform continued after 1968 and the adoption of a written constitution by British order. But change came slowly.
There was the unresolved, unfinished business of the electoral system and whether parish-based, dual-seat...
DATE: Aug 03, 2020 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: John Barritt
Global protests in support of Black Lives Matter have systematically exposed the legacies of slavery and colonialism today.
This has put many on the defensive. White people are quick to tout stories of abolition, emphasising the path bravely forged b...
The East End lost a distinguished senior last month after charity volunteer Ada Foggo died, aged 91.
Kenneth Bascome, a former MP and former Mayor of St George, said his mother had been looked upon with pride by her community as “the hat lady”.
He sa...
This week, I had a chat with two of the staff at our store on Harbour Road in Paget because I wanted to get a feel for any changes in wine-buying patterns.
One of them told me that chardonnay has been more in demand, starting about six months ago.
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The Royal Gazette/BSX Index remained unchanged on 1,784.44 as no shares traded on the Bermuda Stock Exchange.
The US-listed shares of Butterfield Bank did not trade as the New York Stock Exchange was closed in recognition of the US Independence Day h...
