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The accountability process for government is “not functioning well”, says the independent auditor of public-sector financial statements. In the Auditor-General’s report for the financial year ended March 31, 2018, Heather Thomas said she was concerne...

Dear Sir, The recent report that the Government was not tabling its immigration reform plan prompted the unleashing of a barrage of criticism in the comments section accusing the Progressive Labour Party of racism. Nothing could be farther from the t...

The Premier said he would push the Speaker of the House to deliver a written ruling to justify his decision to halt his ministerial statement yesterday on the floor of the House. Mr Burt and Speaker Dennis Lister clashed when Mr Burt tried to get Mr ...

Both the Premier and the Leader of the Opposition were disciplined by the Speaker of the House yesterday in chaotic scenes in the House of Assembly. David Burt was ordered by Speaker Dennis Lister to stop reading a ministerial statement — and earlier...

The One Bermuda Alliance was right to object to the Progressive Labour Party government’s publication and mail-out of a two-year report on its progress since it was elected. There are times when the line between what constitutes government business ...

The Premier will reveal pledges to be added to the Government’s agenda today in the House of Assembly. David Burt told the Progressive Labour Party’s delegates conference last month that he would highlight promises fulfilled from last year’s Throne S...

An Opposition senator vowed to be the change that he believes voters want as he campaigned to become the island’s newest MP. Dwayne Robinson, of the One Bermuda Alliance, admitted he faced an “uphill battle” to win the Pembroke Central by-election ne...

A government senator said last night he hoped to protect the most vulnerable people in Bermuda if he is elected as an MP next week. Jason Hayward, of the Progressive Labour Party, said he felt “sick” that some people had no healthcare access due to t...

Sixteen women from the Bermuda Rifle & Drill Team flew to the United States to get their uniforms for next year’s Bermuda Day Parade. Royal Bermuda Regiment Sergeant Debbie Symons said she took more women on the trip than usual to “give them the oppo...

Information Commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez has ordered the Ministry of Education to decide whether to release records on a fundraising scheme to help fix ageing public school buildings, in a decision due to be made public tomorrow. Records about th...

“It can be easy to forget the lessons of history, including the tragedies of war, and ramp up divisive and destructive rhetoric without concern for the consequences.” — Gudjon Bergmann I have taken the time to review the Premier’s speech at the Pro...

Two contrasting ideas that underscore a tale of two cities: the Premier’s speech about market intervention, and Robert Pires’s purported comment that Portuguese were brought to Bermuda because blacks after slavery did not want to work. The two commen...