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Former Cabinet Minister Derrick Burgess has accused the Auditor-General of bias, unfairness, carelessness and inaccuracy in his official response to the damning report she released last year. Mr Burgess has been silent since the 315-page report into ...

The Progressive Labour Party has “driven a nail in the coffin” of its General Election hopes, according to elder statesman Reginald Burrows. Mr Burrows, a PLP MP and senator from 1968 to 2005, warned that the split — which has seen seven MPs resign f...

Seven Progressive Labour Party members have quit the Shadow Cabinet, with Zane DeSilva declaring his move a result of Marc Bean's leadership. The Leader of the Opposition's harsh style with some members, as well as his perceived misogynistic behaviou...

Progressive Labour Party MP Derrick Burgess has labelled economist Bob Stewart “out of touch” for writing an opinion piece criticising Bermuda politicians who “play on irrational fears about immigrants”. The article, ‘The Ambivalence of Bermuda Immig...

Progressive Labour Party MP Derrick Burgess has called for the creation of a community action group in the wake of a shooting at Bailey’s Bay Cricket Club. In a statement, Mr Burgess said the continued gun violence in the community must be confronted...

The Bermuda Government has paid out a total of $15.8 million to lawyers in the last two fiscal years. The figures were revealed by Finance Minister Bob Richards, in response to questions from Progressive Labour Party Member of Parliament Derrick Burg...

Shadow Seniors Minister Derrick Burgess has led calls in the House of Assembly for the roof of Lefroy House to be repaired. The roof of the Somerset nursing home was damaged last October when Bermuda was hit by back to back hurricanes in the space of...

Derrick Burgess, the former Deputy Leader of the Progressive Labour Party, has launched a scathing attack on both his and his party’s critics. The Member of Parliament for Hamilton East lashed out at the end of Friday’s House of Assembly session over...

MP Derrick Burgess yesterday stated all of Bermuda should be alarmed at a parliamentary committee’s efforts to “score political points” against him over the Bermuda Land Development Company affair. The former Deputy Premier issued an angry attack on ...

The controversial political career of Derrick Burgess — selected highlights n February 1998: Bermuda Industrial Union president Derrick Burgess becomes Progressive Labour Party MP for Hamilton East in a by-election. n April 2000: Mr Burgess accuses ...

Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess has resigned from his position as Minister of Transport following reports of an altercation with another Cabinet member. In a statement released last night, Mr Burgess said that media reports about the events are embell...

The kitchen confrontation between Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess and Cabinet Minister Michael Scott may seem to be nothing more than a minor diversion. Many people may see it as one more example of the often strange behaviour of politicians. Certainl...