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British Overseas Territories have united in a bid to fight a proposed public register of company ownership. Now the territories, including Bermuda, the Caymans and the British Virgin Islands, plan to pool ideas and expertise to block the move. Christ...

As we understand it, the Bermuda Government is about to announce legislation that would abolish conscription once and for all. In our long-considered opinion, that will be a serious error in judgment. A survey analysis done by Global Research in Dece...

It is a well-known truism in economics that you cannot control both the price and the supply of an item at the same time — you can control the price (price controls) but the supply will self-adjust. You can also control the supply, but the price will...

Legislation designed to end conscription into the island’s military is to be debated in the House of Assembly today. The Defence Amendment Act 2018, tabled by Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, was drawn up to fulfil a General Election ...

Bermuda has to guard against being “bullied into cutting its own throat” amid European Union demands over companies based here that are deemed to lack economic substance. Bob Richards, the former finance minister, made the warning as it became clear...

Health minister Kim Wilson advised the public on travel and free health screenings in a ministerial statement at the House of Assembly today. To read her statement in full, click on the PDF under “Related Media”.

The voluntary retirement age could be increased to 67 as the Bermuda Government grapples with its “underfunded” pensions plan. David Burt told MPs the assets of the Public Service Superannuation Fund was valued at $574.1 million in March 2017, compar...

An Opposition senator said a bid to have a Commission of Inquiry into a Government lawsuit against US medical group the Lahey Clinic was a “Trump-esque” attack on political opponents. Andrew Simons said: “I found that a bit unsettling in that it see...

The build-up to the one-on-one meeting between Donald Trump and the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had greater publicity than any blockbuster movie in recent times — mainly because both have reputations for doing things their way, irrespective of ba...

The Premier has signalled his support for a Commission of Inquiry into former attorney-general Trevor Moniz and the handling of a Government lawsuit against US medical group the Lahey Clinic. Zane DeSilva, a Progressive Labour Party backbencher and f...

The Governor yesterday said he would follow the wishes of Somerset Cricket Club over the presentation of the Cup Match trophy. John Rankin spoke after Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the public works minister, told the House of Assembly on Friday tha...

Government House has stonewalled a question about whether it knew the sale of American lottery tickets in Bermuda was branded a potential breach of “numerous” laws in the United States by a top American gambling lawyer. The Royal Gazette reported la...