On Friday, the House of Assembly passed the most far-reaching drug-liberalisation laws Bermuda has seen in decades.
The Cannabis Licensing Act was passed without a vote, meaning constituents have no idea whether their Member of Parliament was for or...
DATE: Feb 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials | AUTHOR: RG: In our Opinion
Let me first declare my personal interest in the subject of cannabis. I won't be like the former President of the United States, Bill Clinton, who said he smoked it but did not inhale. I did inhale — and thus begins my story.
I couldn't handle it be...
The Government has used controversial cannabis legislation as part of a breakaway move from the UK, a shadow minister claimed yesterday.
Michael Dunkley, the shadow minister of national security, said that drug reform had been used to pick a fight wi...
Teachers went back to school as part of a two-day professional development workshop designed to boost skills.
The teaching staff alternated between the front of class and playing pupils in an exercise designed to improve instructional methods.
The wo...
Independent insurance company manager Strategic Risk Solutions has added to its Bermuda office with the appointment of Anna Pereira to the newly-created position of senior vice-president, insurance-linked securities.
Ms Pereira takes up her role on M...
DATE: Feb 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: International Business | AUTHOR: Business Staff
In acknowledgement of Black History Month, The Royal Gazette continues the publication of stories throughout February on African-American and global African people, events and institutions, and their contributions in history
In the early 16th ce...
DATE: Feb 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Black History Month
Dear Sir,
On this day 186 years ago, an incident occurred in Bermuda that had wide-ranging implications for British-American relations, which were not resolved until two decades later.
Seven days earlier, the ship Enterprise set out from Alexandria, ...
DATE: Feb 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor | AUTHOR: Letters to the Editor
In acknowledgement of Black History Month, The Royal Gazette continues the publication of stories throughout February on African-American and global African people, events and institutions, and their contributions in history
Kingston, the capita...
DATE: Feb 08, 2021 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Black History Month
The delegates conference, a ritual performed each autumn since the Progressive Labour Party's inception back in 1963, is sacred to the function of the organisation, yet seemingly disconnected and inconsequential to the broad party support.
The conf...
The European Parliament, by a 587-50 vote, passed a resolution two weeks ago calling for the automatic inclusion on the blacklist of countries that use a 0 per cent tax regime. They undoubtedly have British territories such as Bermuda and Cayman Isla...
