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The turn of a decade is often the occasion when pundits look back on the successes and failures of the previous ten years and look ahead to the future. There always will be pedants who insist that the new decade does not start until 2021, and others...

New legislation to allow the sharing of data on food prices will help the Progressive Labour Party deliver on its pledge to lower the cost of living, the Minister for the Cabinet Office claimed. Wayne Furbert said the Government would be able to prov...

An Opposition MP fears that the police budget could be cut by $4 million. Ben Smith, the Shadow Minister of National Security, asked yesterday if the island could afford to “slash” spending on law enforcement. He said: “I am greatly concerned by repo...

Somers Day is to be renamed Mary Prince Day after a once enslaved Bermudian who became a hero of the abolitionist movement in Britain. The legislation, which was tabled yesterday, will also move the Bermuda Day holiday from the last Friday in May to ...

A group designed to boost business development was announced in the House of Assembly yesterday. David Burt, the Premier, told MPs that Cabinet has approved the creation of an Economic Development Department. Mr Burt said: “Bermuda is at an economic ...

A statistician and antiracism campaigner has been appointed as chairman of a group which will pave the way for a living wage in Bermuda. Cordell Riley will lead the wage commission, community minister Lovitta Foggo announced in the House yesterday. M...

The fight against being oppressed is not the same as fighting for freedom. Every liberation battle does not end with freedom as an automatic consequence. Liberators and seekers of freedom are often conflated; the very ideas are often conflated. We co...

Customs duty breaks and other suggested lifelines for the island’s struggling retail sector seem to “fall on deaf ears”, a retail head said yesterday. Lorraine Shailer, cochairwoman of the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce’s retail division, said the Minis...

Legislation covering Bermuda for the UK’s departure from the European Union will go before legislators as MPs return to the House of Assembly today. David Burt, the Premier, will table the EU Withdrawal Act 2020, switching references to the EU with “...

With great amusement, I read some words recently penned by One Bermuda Alliance MP Scott Pearman in his op-ed, published on Monday, aptly titled: “How much do words matter?” Here are some key takeaways: “Fast-forward to today’s politics and people se...

Curtis Dickinson’s pre-Budget report makes for depressing reading and shows the enormity of the task before the finance minister as he prepares to present his latest Budget in the next few weeks. At first glance, there might appear to be some green ...

No cases of the coronavirus have been reported in Bermuda, the Minister of Health confirmed this morning. Kim Wilson told the House of Assembly the Ministry’s Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit is in regular conversation with international bodies and...