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Michael Dunkley leaves for the UK this evening to discuss matters with government representatives including Britiain’s exit from the European Union. It will be the first opportunity the Premier has had to meet government officials since the appoint...

After a rough few months for Bermuda’s political parties, The Royal Gazette spoke to observers who assessed the state of play as the clock ticks towards the next General Election. Plagued by infighting and in the midst of an uphill battle to maintai...

Bermudians’ free movement within the European Union is the greatest cause of concern following last night’s Brexit decision, Michael Dunkley said today. The Premier told the House of Assembly much negotiating would take place after the British opted ...

This week she became the presumptive Democratic nominee for the United States presidency, the first woman to be selected as the standard-bearer for either of the two major political parties. Given the all too obvious shortcomings of the Republican ca...

A youth group will hold a town hall meeting later this month to look at the issue of voting and the right to vote in Bermuda. Generation Next will draft a Bill proposing automatic voter registration when men and women turn 18 and then present their p...

Dear Sir, The economy is on the verge of turning around, but it will not be noticeable until its effects have significantly increased jobs and thereby reduced unemployment. New projects will bring back life into this stagnant economy, but we need mul...

Michael Dunkley has acknowledged that Bermuda’s “temperature is a bit higher than I would like it to be”, but attributes much of the island’s political discord to electoral fever. “Political tension in a community is always based on where you are in ...

Earlier this month, in a boardroom at the Parliamentary Registry on Wesley Street in Hamilton, a group of local politicians and two overseas visitors sat poring over a large map of Bermuda, discussing how best to divide this tiny island into constitu...

The number of registered voters has risen by almost six per cent in the past six years, with 2,388 more people on the electoral roll now than in June 2010. Parliamentary registrar Tenia Woolridge told The Royal Gazette there were 41,355 Bermudians re...

Around the world in democratic jurisdictions, political campaigns by various groups to retain or gain power can be clouded by hidden agendas, with so many twists and turns, that the average citizen begins to wonder if transparency and truth is no lon...

Bermuda’s public primary schools fell below international averages in the results of the most recent Cambridge Primary Checkpoint results. The figures, which date back to May of 2015, show Bermuda lagging behind in English, math and science compared ...

Dear Sir, Your report in today’s newspaper (April 4) concerning the “Dead cat voting in Florida?”, quotes the “Supervisor of Elections is setting up a website to ‘VET’ election mailings”. Guess they don’t want to be accused of doctoring the polls. ...