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Bermuda’s traditional May 24 holiday will never fall on that date again. The Progressive Labour Party ignored a last-ditch bid to change the wording of legislation, which was designed to allow the holiday to sometimes take place after May 24. The Pub...

The One Bermuda Alliance is redefining itself in Opposition, deputy leader Leah Scott said yesterday. The Southampton East Central MP dismissed the idea of a third party reshaping Bermuda’s political landscape and said that would “only fragment both ...

Dear Sir, I have been keen to write to you on all manner of issues, including Philip Perinchief’s view of the future, recent missives from what appears to be thrice-weekly messages from Khalid Wasi and biweekly expositions of E. McNeil Stovell’s view...

A Bill designed to replace same-sex marriage with domestic partnerships is set to be approved without amendment by MPs tomorrow, despite criticism from across the community. Groups on both sides of the divide called for the Domestic Partnership Act 2...

The One Bermuda Alliance’s battering at the polls proved it had gone down the wrong path, former leader and party founder Craig Cannonier said yesterday. Despite suggestions that the OBA is doomed, Mr Cannonier said the party “will be fine”. Mr Can...

A new Bill to decriminalise small quantities of cannabis was tabled in the House of Assembly on Friday. The Misuse of Drugs (Decriminalisation of Cannabis) Amendment Act was formally proposed by Zane DeSilva, the Minister of Social Development and Sp...

Developer Michael MacLean is still counting the cost of a deal to massively overhaul the Hamilton waterfront nearly five years on. “The whole case has cost me close to $4 million,” Mr MacLean said in the wake of his protracted legal battle. “All I ca...

So which is it? Is the Government seriously considering the i-word or not? You may recall that the Junior Minister of Home Affairs, Jason Hayward, who also happens to be the president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, was the first government off...

Progressive Labour Party MP Tinee Furbert used her maiden speech in the House of Assembly on Friday to focus on enhancing the quality of life for persons with disabilities. The Junior Minister of Disability Affairs said disabilities were consistentl...

The Royal Bermuda Regiment has opened a storefront in Hamilton for the first time to promote service in the island’s defence force. The pop-up shop at the junction of Queen Street and Reid Street was opened to boost recruitment in the run-up to Janua...

A new plan for public schools was unveiled in the House of Assembly yesterday. Targets include 75 per cent of all public school pupils up to recognised standards in reading and mathematics inside five years. School principals will be given powers to ...

The America’s Cup was a “silver bullet” that hit the target in time to save Bermuda’s economy, the Shadow Minister of Economic Development told Parliament last night. Grant Gibbons said the island’s economy would have continued to struggle if it had...