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“Corruption is the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. It can be classified as grand, petty and political, depending on the amounts of money lost and the sector where it occurs” — Transparency International These days the mere mention of the ...

Critics at home and overseas continued yesterday to pour scorn over a plan to bring the island’s casino regulatory body under ministerial control. The Casino Gaming Amendment Act 2017, expected to be debated and approved in Parliament early next mont...

The Bermuda National Gallery has teamed up with the Human Rights Commission to commemorate United Nations Human Rights Day. The public are invited to attended a free celebration and support students who will be giving presentations on art and activis...

David Burt laughed off questions today about the Progressive Labour Party’s intentions to take Bermuda to independence. Members have publicly stated the Premier raised the subject at the party’s banquet at the Fairmont Southampton last Saturday night...

Former One Bermuda Alliance senator Nick Kempe quit yesterday as chairman of the party after only five days in the job. Senator Nandi Outerbridge, the deputy chairman and former MP, will take over the top position on an interim basis. Mr Kempe, an ad...

The Premier will be attending the annual Joint Ministerial Council in Britain next week. Tax and transparency, hurricane disaster relief and overseas territories’ right to self-determination are on the agenda, David Burt told Parliament today. He s...

A move to give civil servants a pay rise was this week passed in the Senate. Negotiations on a pay rise began under the One Bermuda Alliance and were passed through by the ruling Progressive Labour Party. Attorney General Kathy Simmons said that civ...

It has finally happened. The dictator Robert Mugabe has fallen. After days of uncertainty in the wake of an ambiguous coup, he finally bowed to pressure from his former allies and ordinary Zimbabweans. In his resignation letter, Mugabe tried to depic...

New One Bermuda Alliance senator Justin Mathias yesterday became one of the youngest people to serve in the Upper House. But the 25-year-old accounting and political science graduate said his age would give him an advantage and that he hoped to “brea...

People are being urged to vote for the best decorated Christmas tree and help support schools and their talented pupils. Six schools will take part in a “Festival of Trees” at the Clocktower Mall at the Royal Naval Dockyard, starting on Saturday. The...

Justin Mathias was today sworn in as a One Bermuda Alliance senator, replacing the party’s new chairman Nick Kempe. Mr Mathias took his oath as an Opposition member of the Upper House before proceedings began this morning. He joins Nandi Outerbridge ...

A law to boost Bermuda’s credentials as a transparent offshore centre was today backed by Senate. The legislation is designed to ensure the island meets transparency standards for registered businesses in line with Financial Action Task Force and Org...