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The Bermuda Constitution of 1968 was crafted to “maintain the status quo”, even as it advanced voters’ rights, a visiting academic has said. Nicola Barker, an expert on human rights and constitutional law, is among the speakers at a conference on the...

Patients with serious mental disorders will be given the opportunity for overseas treatment in specialised facilities thanks to the passing of the Mental Health Amendment Act in the Senate today. Junior Minister for Home Affairs Crystal Caesar said t...

Andrew Simons attacked the Progressive Labour Party for its approach to a wide range of issues in the Senate yesterday. In a speech made during the motion to adjourn, the One Bermuda Alliance senator declared “hypocrisy is real” in the PLP. Mr Simons...

The race is on today as the Progressive Labour Party and the One Bermuda Alliance do battle in the island’s first by-elections since December 2016. In Paget East, Scott Pearman of the OBA takes on Curtis Richardson of the PLP. In Warwick North East, ...

This past Friday, Bermuda’s House of Assembly, the debating chamber of the nation, sank to a new low as the Government rounded heavily on the outgoing Chief Justice of Bermuda, Ian Kawaley, and then took potshots at his successor, Narinder Hargun. He...

There are some among us, Mr Editor, who think we should scrap the Westminster system altogether. We know why. There appears to be so much unnecessary division and bitterness to our politics, which in turn seems to widen the divide in the greater comm...

The City of Hamilton announces that tickets are now on sale for the 2018 Bermuda Fashion Festival, taking place July 8 — 14. Tickets are available on www.ptix.bm. The Festival is celebrating its 9th year as one of the most highly anticipated events...

Global professional services firm PwC is to help the Bermuda Government complete its public service reform plan free of charge. Government reform minister Lovitta Foggo, the government reform minister, said Government officials will also be asked to ...

A prevailing view in some circles in Bermuda, Mr Editor, is that the British Government will not entertain any further amendment to the Bermuda Constitution Order unless we deign to seek independence. Whether or not that is the official position rema...

Old-school voters in Paget East said they were worried about the island’s future as they head to the polls tomorrow. In a traditional stronghold of the One Bermuda Alliance, The Progressive Labour Party is still dogged by its past economic record in ...

Danger on the roads, crime and education are among the concerns Warwick North East constituents would like to see tackled by their new MP. The by-election tomorrow was called after Jeff Baron announced in April he was to quit politics in the wake of ...

One Bermuda Alliance by-election candidates said ahead of the voting tomorrow that education is the major concern of constituency households. Justin Mathias, who is up against the Progressive Labour Party’s Curtis Dickinson in Warwick North East, s...