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Chris Furbert says he will continue to head the Bermuda Industrial Union after protests focusing on the proposed airport expansion plan failed to materialise yesterday. “My position is not up until 2018,” the BIU president told The Royal Gazette. “I...

Michael Dunkley has said he was in phone contact with the Commissioner of Police during the protests of December 2. Speaking in the House of Assembly, the Premier said that he had six separate phone conversations with the Commissioner on the day of p...

Sylvan Richards formally apologised in the House of Assembly yesterday for remarks he made last week during a heated debate. Mr Richards, the Minister of Social Development and Sport, was told to leave the chamber by Speaker of the House Randy Horton...

A handful of protesters turned up at the House of Assembly yesterday to make their own stand against the airport Bill, with one saying they didn’t need the union to lead them as if “we have got a ring in our nose”. The majority of those making a pea...

The Progressive Labour Party refuses to go quietly into the night on the airport redevelopment project and has now called on the public to flood senators with their concerns about LF Wade International being turned over for “privatisation”. Parliame...

Legislation paving the way for the Bermuda Government’s airport redevelopment project has been approved by MPs despite vociferous opposition from Progressive Labour Party MPs. At 4.20am today, after almost 14 hours of debate, the Airport Authority Ac...

Expect a marathon debate down party lines as two key Acts for the airport project go before legislators today in the House of Assembly. The Airport Authority Act and the Airport Redevelopment Concession Act have been kept on hold for months — through...

Dear Sir, We have been blown away by the support we have received for our op-ed published by The Royal Gazette on February 2 under the title “This airport should not be cleared for take-off”. Such support has been by way of online comments to the pie...

Nearly two-thirds of registered voters want the Bermuda Government to press ahead with its plan to build a new airport, according to a poll commissioned by The Royal Gazette this week. The survey, conducted by Global Research, found 62 per cent in fa...

The dress rehearsal was not spectacular, but there were many lessons to be learnt from what transpired on December 2, 2016 so that today should go as smoothly as can be expected. If last week was anything to go by, on MPs’ very belated return to the ...

Union president Chris Furbert sent members back to work this morning, as anticipated protests about the proposed building of a new airport took a dramatic twist. Mr Furbert lashed out at the public for their lack of support as the Bermuda Industrial ...

An independent panel has given the thumbs up to the airport redevelopment deal. The Blue Ribbon Panel, tasked by the Bermuda Government to probe documents surrounding the proposed project, announced its decision at a press conference yesterday aftern...