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Government is still accepting submissions from those interested in serving on its 2017 boards and committees. “We were very encouraged by the submissions we received earlier this year when we first announced the opening up of our boards and committe...

I have been thinking lately about Shirley Chisholm’s legacy and her words: “Freedom is an endless horizon, and there are many roads that lead to it.” As Chisholm understood, we engage in imperfect systems sometimes, to make them more perfect. And our...

A vigil last night brought out hundreds in support of activist and pastor the Reverend Nicholas Tweed, whose work permit has been turned down. The prayer vigil at St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church in Hamilton, where Mr Tweed serves, packed t...

The Republican Party’s sad journey to Trump via Sarah Palin and the Tea Party was more than a spectator sport for President Barack Obama. For more than seven years, Obama endured indignities, slanders, obstruction and a seemingly bottomless appetite...

David Burt, Zane DeSilva and Walter Roban are all tipped for potential bids for the leadership of the Progressive Labour Party. A source close to the party told The Royal Gazette each of the three MPs is “likely” to challenge Leader of the Opposition...

Dear Sir, I have always called the St Paul’s AME the political church in private circles. For many congregants of African heritage in the United States, Bermuda and the Caribbean, church and politics mixing together is culturally acceptable. It has b...

Members of the Bermuda Government and the AME Church have accused one another of using bullying tactics, as the row over the Reverend Nicholas Tweed’s rejected work permit renewal intensified yesterday. A government source told The Royal Gazette tha...

Europe today is a mess. The strongest countries face lacklustre economic growth, while the weakest, like Greece, are struggling to recover from depression-like downturns. Politically, things are even worse, as disillusionment with European and domest...

The Progressive Labour Party’s outgoing shadow finance minister, David Burt, is most likely positioning himself for the leadership in his resignation, according to a source close to the party. With an election looming, the source said that the time w...

Politics in Bermuda, as elsewhere, tends to be an odd combination of occasionally inspired statesmanship, day-to-day stewardship ranging from the pragmatic to the barely serviceable and increasingly gaudy showmanship. Indeed we live in an age where ...

The Progressive Labour Party has declared its support for the Reverend Nicholas Tweed in his work permit row. In a statement issued this afternoon, the party said: “On the issue of the OBA’s refusal to renew the work permit of Reverend Nicholas Tweed...