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The Bermuda Government’s decision to refuse the Reverend Nicholas Tweed’s work permit renewal will come under intense scrutiny again today as the Bermuda Industrial Union and the People’s Campaign stage meetings to determine what action to take and s...

Cole Simons, the acting home affairs minister, issued a statement this afternoon on the Government’s position over the non-renewal of a work permit for the Reverend Nicholas Tweed, pastor at St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church. The decision to...

Alex Scott has urged the Bermuda Government to rethink its decision on the Reverend Nicholas Tweed work permit — pointing to parallels with the riots of 1977. Mr Scott, the Premier under the Progressive Labour Party from 2003 to 2006, said rising ten...

A protest on the House of Assembly grounds ends with Government pledging to introduce the proposed Pathways to Status legislation in stages rather than as an omnibus bill. Earlier in the month, smaller protests take place on East Broadway and on the ...

The People’s Campaign has called a meeting to discuss issues including the work permit for the Reverend Nicholas Tweed. The gathering will take place at St Paul AME Centennial Hall on Tuesday at noon, with attendees urged to wear red. In a statement,...

Church and union leaders have reacted furiously to the refusal of a work permit for the Reverend Nicholas Tweed — but union members are yet to decide what action they will take. A general meeting of Bermuda Industrial Union members will take place on...

Patricia Gordon-Pamplin has upheld the decision to reject a work permit application for the Reverend Nicholas Tweed. Mr Tweed’s time on the island appeared to be running out yesterday, with the Minister of Home Affairs telling a press conference: “Hi...

Dear Sir, The new British governor is barely in the island five minutes and ignores 120 churches by making a misstep on the issue of gun violence. What a slap in the face. Today home affairs minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin rejected the Reverend Nich...

A family was left “heartbroken” and separated this Christmas after the Department of Immigration refused to allow a grandmother and her granddaughter to land in Bermuda on two occasions, despite apparently granting them approval. Veronica Mullings wa...

Leaders of Bermuda’s African Methodist Episcopal Church are expecting a decision shortly from immigration authorities on the Reverend Nicholas Tweed’s work permit. Mr Tweed, pastor at St Paul AME Church, vocal critic of the Bermuda Government and a p...

“If the Government thinks they can play games with this one, then the house of cards will come tumbling down. We will do everything in our power to make sure that this will not happen. Make no mistake about it, this is a very serious matter.” — BIU p...

Dear Sir, I thought is was the inviolate right and responsibility of any country on the planet when it comes to immigration policies of any description, and when it pertains to their borders and who is granted entry at the gate, where it applies to f...