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A former union leader got a standing ovation as the Throne Speech was read yesterday after it was announced a new arbitration centre would be named after him, Ottiwell Simmons, former president of the Bermuda Industrial Union and a past Progressive L...

The contribution of Bermudian soldiers in the First World War will be recognised this weekend in Belgium. Martin Buckley, department manager at the Bookmart at Brown & Co in Hamilton, organised two wreaths to be placed at the Menin Gate in the Belgia...

It was ladies’ day as the Throne Speech blueprint for the new Parliamentary session was unveiled yesterday. Colourful dresses added splashes of colour as a crowd assembled on the lawn of Cabinet Office to hear John Rankin, the Governor, read the spee...

Tax reform designed to reflect people’s ability to pay is in the pipeline, it was announced in the Throne Speech yesterday. A livable wage, cheaper healthcare, lower power costs and more competition in the mortgage market to drive down costs are also...

A top business leader backed the Government’s Throne Speech bid to help people who struggled with Bermuda’s high cost of living. John Wight, the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce president, said the speech was right to focus on people caught in the gap bet...

When announcing the recent Cabinet changes, David Burt lauded having consolidated ministries from 11 to ten. The Premier made no mention that with his second shuffle in 16 months, the size of Cabinet has actually grown. With the growth of Cabinet, t...

I was having a conversation on Tuesday evening with a friend in relation to the midterm elections that were going on in the United States. They asked me my predictions. My reply was as follows: “Political consultants will continue to make big money f...

It is now more than a month since the murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi — and I am starting to have an appalling suspicion. I don’t have any doubt about what happened: the plot to lure him to the Saudi consulate; the savage attack by hea...

Today is the 20th anniversary of the Progressive Labour Party’s “date with destiny” election victory. The party’s first triumph at the polls brought the party in from the cold of 35 years in Opposition and gave Bermuda an alternative government for t...

Proposed rules to crack down on loan sharks are understood to have been revised after public consultation. The Debt Collection Act 2018 will be tabled in Parliament today after an initial draft was reworked to tackle concerns raised by lawyers, busin...

The Government will unveil a “college promise” programme in its second Throne Speech this morning. An excerpt from the speech, released last night, revealed the merit-based programme would offer Bermuda College scholarships to public-school students ...

John Rankin, the Governor, delivered the Throne Speech at Cabinet Office grounds today. This is a brief summary of the main points: • Bills to be advanced include: financial assistance reform; creation of a police authority; legislative support for s...