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An urgent motion to launch a joint select committee to tackle the issue of immigration was rejected following a prolonged debate in the House of Assembly last night. The motion was launched by Progressive Labour Party MP Walton Brown before the Bermu...

In an opinion piece that was published in The Royal Gazette yesterday, Lynne Winfield stated: “There are some human rights that are now considered to be so universal that they are binding on all countries, whether or not they are signatories to the ...

Michael Dunkley has said he was convinced the Government’s immigration reform policies would “not be to the detriment of Bermudians”. The Premier spoke minutes after a Bill, brought about by Progressive Labour Party MP Walton Brown to form a joint s...

Shadow Home Affairs Minister Walter Roban claimed today that government MPs had “collectively thumbed their noses” to a “significant portion of our community” by rejecting a joint select committee to examine immigration reform. A motion for a bi-part...

We are in a state of crisis. The Government refuses to listen to the majority of the black community and is pursuing a course of action that will bring the country nothing but turmoil and increasing racial division. That the proposed immigration legi...

One of those who commented on my recent opinion about Bermuda’s coming demographic crisis suggested that to be better understood, I should speak more from my heart than my head. I understand what he or she meant, but this is a world full of facts, an...

Pathways to Status immigration legislation is set to be tabled in the House of Assembly today, according to Michael Fahy. The controversial legislation, which has sparked multiple protests since it was first announced last month, would create new pat...

Dear Sir, I am compelled by recent Letters to the Editor equating Donald Trump’s stance on immigration with those favoured by recent protesters to voice this contradiction. • International workers and businesses pay the lion’s share of taxes in Berm...

Bermuda is at a “serious crossroads”, Jamahl Simmons warned yesterday at the latest immigration reform protest. “Our culture and what makes us unique is being eroded. What will a Bermudian mean in future?” the Shadow Minister of Tourism and Economic...

The following is a letter to Walton Brown, the Opposition MP at the forefront of the campaign of “civil disobedience” against the Bermuda Government that is expected to play its next hand on the grounds of the House of Parliament this lunchtime. Dea...

Bermuda faces a demographic crisis. Our population is shrinking rapidly and, as it shrinks, the tax bill that the younger, working population must pay to fund such things as healthcare and pensions for seniors increases dramatically. Many independ...

Dear Sir, It is apparent that the reason all those people are vehemently opposed to Michael Fahy’s desire to grant status to eligible, long-term residents is that those new voters may vote for the One Bermuda Alliance in the next General Election. A ...