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Bahamian residents in Bermuda will this week celebrate their island’s 50th anniversary of independence from Britain

Bermudians are being asked to make submissions on whether the constitutional set-up with Britain is “satisfactory and appropriate”

The announcement comes after the UK denied Royal Assent to cannabis legislation last year

Max Hastings on the conundrum facing Britain, with Northern Ireland and Scotland moving ever closer to going their own way

David Burt’s four-day visit to London to attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II cost more than $3,700. Accommodation for the September trip came in at $2,692.89, according to the Travel Calendar on the government website. Flights cost $863.64, gro...

The Governor says assessments of the recent self-governance report’s content are for the Government to make

A new survey shows a hardening of opposition to independence — as well as a hike in consumers buying less as prices rise

I was somewhat surprised to find my name included in Christopher Famous’s political magic show last week. Once again, he has attempted to argue a point by erecting multiple straw man arguments that he can easily tear down. This is easily accomplished...

Britain blocked legislation passed in the House of Assembly to create a framework for regulating a cannabis industry on the island. Rena Lalgie, the Governor, said she was “instructed” by the British foreign secretary to refuse Royal Assent to the Ca...

A former Progressive Labour Party MP has dismissed speculation that the Government is pressing ahead with Independence. Instead, Rolfe Commissiong insisted that David Burt, the Premier, had instigated a “cynical political marketing exercise” while “k...

First of all, I have never believed that the Premier – a man that an older relative of mine who was on the front line of Bermuda’s racial and civil rights battles once described as “coming across as a little weak to me Rolfe” - had any intention of ...

Britain’s refusal to allow Bermuda to liberalise its cannabis laws has been branded a “colonial-style intervention” in the UK’s most famous newspaper. An article in The Times by lawyers Charles Kuhn and Gabriella Bligh claimed the decision by London...