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David Burt insisted last night that his decision to sack Walton Brown from Cabinet and replace him with Wayne Furbert was “in the best interests of the Government” and was not because of a difference of opinion over the direction of the ruling party....

Nomination day for the municipal elections will be held tomorrow. The Seventh-day Adventist Church Hall on King Street, Hamilton, will be the location for both municipalities, from 11am to 1pm. The elections are due to take place on May 9. Seats avai...

Dear Sir As a little boy, growing up and going into the City of Hamilton with my parents, way back in the 1950s, seemed like going to another country. Despite all the things my grandmother used to tell me about how the old oligarchs or the “Forty Th...

The use of wind power to generate electricity is off the table until a feasibility study is done, the head of Bermuda’s energy watchdog has said. But Denton Williams, the chief executive of the Regulatory Authority of Bermuda, said that soon-to-be re...

Government minister Walton Brown was ousted from Cabinet last night. Mr Brown, the Minister for the Cabinet Office for less than six months, will be replaced by Wayne Furbert, the junior finance minister, effective today. Mr Brown, viewed as on the L...

Michael Weeks, in a recent opinion, accused the One Bermuda Alliance of being revisionist. I thought it was a wonderful piece of deflection — the Progressive Labour Party’s usual modus operandi, which ordinarily is not worth the time it takes to read...

The Fresh Air Films Drive-In Movie Night has been moved from Bull’s Head to City Hall Car Park because of forecasted high winds. Allison Tucker, the senior events and marketing co-ordinator for the city, said: “The LED screen that we are using cannot...

Can a single edifice define a city? Notre Dame cathedral may well be the one truly definitive monument in the world. Even as images of the devastating fire began to circulate, commentators were pointing out that Notre Dame stands at the dead centre o...

Dear Sir, I attended the meeting called by the Government last Thursday evening (March 7, 2019) to discuss the taking-over of the Corporation of Hamilton. The meeting was well attended. The panel approached the present mayor on two issues, but did n...

Early Friday morning, a sharply divided Supreme Court ruled that Alabama could execute Christopher Lee Price. In dissent, Justice Stephen Breyer took an unusual step: he criticised his colleagues for not meeting in person before resolving the appeal,...

Of all Julian Assange’s undoubted talents, maybe his greatest gift is the ability to make enemies. He trusts, likes and respects almost no one. He falls out with his friends and disgusts his opponents. Now that he has been dragged kicking and shoutin...

Health minister Kim Wilson will make a presentation on healthcare costs at a town hall meeting. The Progressive Labour Party’s political education committee is organising the event at Alaska Hall on Monday, from 6pm to 7pm. Ms Wilson has said changes...