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A group called We Support a Pathway to Bermuda Status will be holding a “peaceful” candlelight vigil at the grounds of the Cabinet Office tomorrow, starting at 7pm. The organisers behind the group request that those in favour of the Bermuda Governmen...

It’s time to step back from the threatening brinkmanship which has been masquerading as political discourse in Bermuda in recent weeks. It’s time to dispense with the overheated rhetoric and sometimes ludicrously overblown claims and counterclaims s...

Bermuda was braced for industrial activity this morning, with Michael Dunkley describing the People’s Campaign’s call for an island-wide work stoppage as “irresponsible and misconceived”. At 11pm last night, the Bermuda Government warned of likely di...

Dear Sir, I have long held the view that Bermuda should make more use of referendums than has historically been the case. The size of our population should make such an undertaking relatively simple, and it would allow the Government to truly test th...

“The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg ...”— Unknown I am no political consultant, Mr Editor, and with that disclaimer out of the way, let’s get down to it. The business of politics is no easy business and strategy is often k...

Parliament protester Enda Matthie, who is on a “hunger strike” outside Sessions House to draw legislators’ attention to the plight of ordinary Bermudians, was joined overnight and yesterday by supporters. Ms Matthie, who told The Royal Gazette she h...

A recalled statement by the People’s Campaign urged the public to join an “island-wide withdrawal of labour” tomorrow to protest against immigration reforms. At 1.59pm yesterday, the pressure group sent the media the press release, announced “in soli...

A petition in support of the Bermuda Government’s Pathways to Status plan had gathered almost 2,900 signatures by late yesterday — and its creator said she was “not afraid” to keep campaigning to get the legislation passed. Jen Harvey told The Royal ...

Last Friday evening, former Progressive Labour Party candidate Makai Dickerson felt the need to register his disgust about immigration comments made in the House of Assembly by One Bermuda Alliance minister Trevor Moniz. Taking a page from the Immigr...

Ladies and gentlemen, fellow Bermudians, what follows is a summary of the track record of the United Bermuda Party/One Bermuda Alliance regarding immigration: • In the lead-up to the 2007 election, the UBP, headed up by Michael Dunkley, then the Oppo...

A motion calling for a joint select committee to be appointed to look at the historic issues surrounding immigration has been withdrawn by Progressive Labour Party MP Walton Brown. The motion, which also called for the committee to report on its inqu...

Janie Brown has lived in Bermuda for 23 years, employs a predominantly Bermudian workforce in her dental practice and has two Bermudian children. And yet, without status, the US native can still be made to feel like a “second-class citizen” in her ad...