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Dear Sir, The following is an open letter to Derrick Burgess. If Narinder Hargun is “from South Africa” — a big “if” — he would have lived at least 30 years under apartheid. As one who would have been classified as Indian under that regime, he would ...

I do not want to prejudice anything going on with the Commission of Inquiry, but I should be able to speak to the periphery when the news lead story can say that Derrick Burgess blasts the CoI under the pretext of re-enacting slavery and lynch mobs. ...

I have great respect for women. Nobody has more respect for women than I do.” So said Donald Trump during Sunday night’s debate. But if there is anything Trump proved during the debate, it’s that he just doesn’t get it. And it is going to cost him th...

Dennis Lister yesterday told the Commission of Inquiry he had no personal interest in going against the recommendation of technical officers over which firm was given the contract for the Dame Lois Browne-Evans project. The former Minister of Works a...

Police should balance dropping 24-hour service from peripheral stations with a review of patrolling capacity, the Progressive Labour Party stated this afternoon. Walter Roban, the Shadow Minister of National Security, responded to the announcement la...

Brexit, Britain’s controversial referendum decision to exit the European Union, was the “focal point” of Prime Minister Theresa May’s address at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, environment minister Cole Simons said. Mr Simons, who at...

A longstanding bone of contention over the airport redevelopment project resurfaced as Curtis Stovell, the Accountant-General, addressed the matter before the Commission of Inquiry. Mr Stovell, who has appeared before the Public Account Committee on ...

The Commission of Inquiry yesterday issued a fresh subpoena to Bermuda Emissions Control Ltd after the two entities clashed in Supreme Court over the validity of the initial summons. Chief Justice Ian Kawaley advised the action after conceding that t...

Former Minister of Finance and Premier Paula Cox told Commission of Inquiry lawyer Narinder Hargun repeatedly that while there could be “co-parenting” between ministries and joint interests with major capital projects, there had been no delegation un...

Former Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess launched a stinging attack on the Commission of Inquiry and its lawyer yesterday, repeatedly comparing the way he was being questioned to an attempt to “re-enact slavery” and declaring he felt like he was before ...

A civil servant accused in 2008 of conspiring to defame former Premier Ewart Brown and former Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess spoke publicly about the accusations for the first time yesterday. Government chief architect Lawrence Brady, who was arreste...

When discussing local politics, listening or watching the local news, or hearing of the latest scandal emanating from government, I often hear the response “if only John Doe was in power”. Or “if we could only find better and more honest people”, thi...