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Soon after the Reverend Nicholas Tweed arrived in Bermuda, he made his political agenda quite clear. For example, he has been the guest speaker at Progressive Labour Party functions. He has played a significant role in maligning the airport project. ...

Iraqi forces, with heavy American backing, are slowly pushing the Islamic State out of Mosul, the group’s capital in Iraq and the largest city it holds there. Islamic State fighters are fleeing as towns and villages near the city fall. Losing Mosul i...

“ ... Am I my brother’s keeper?” — Genesis 4:9 A question asked from the beginning of time to this very day. A question that could evoke a yes-or-no answer for any given reason, at any given time. This week, we can apply this question to the plight o...

Sports minister Sylvan Richards and his permanent secretary Wayne Carey spent almost $5,500 on empty Rio de Janeiro hotel rooms during their trip to the Olympic Games. The pair visited Brazil to officially support Bermuda’s competing athletes at the...

The Progressive Labour Party has demanded transparency over the Bermuda Government’s travel expenses to the Olympic Games. It comes after The Royal Gazette revealed that sports minister Sylvan Richards and his permanent secretary Wayne Carey spent al...

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...