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Bermuda’s answer to London’s Speakers’ Corner comes to Devonshire tomorrow, allowing anyone a platform to discuss the island’s topical issues. The “Loyal Gazette” event will take place at Loyal Hill Field, with orators standing on stage for five min...

This week she became the presumptive Democratic nominee for the United States presidency, the first woman to be selected as the standard-bearer for either of the two major political parties. Given the all too obvious shortcomings of the Republican ca...

A youth group will hold a town hall meeting later this month to look at the issue of voting and the right to vote in Bermuda. Generation Next will draft a Bill proposing automatic voter registration when men and women turn 18 and then present their p...

Sir John Swan’s “significant contributions in the business arena and the world of politics” befit his designation as the island’s latest national hero, according to Sylvan Richards. Mr Richards, the Minister of Social Development and Sports, made the...

Bermuda’s seniors will be getting a 5 per cent raise in their pensions as of August this year — the first increase for five years. However, the hike will come at a cost for employees and employers. Minister of Finance Bob Richards told the House of ...

Bermuda’s reputation as a quality jurisdiction was reinforced during media interviews, high-level business meetings, and networking events in Chicago heading into this weekend’s Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series. Economic Development Minister...

The referendum on same-sex relationships will go ahead, Chief Justice Ian Kawaley ruled yesterday. However, the advanced polling station has been switched to Bermuda College from the Seventh-day Adventist Church Hall on King Street. In a short hearin...

A police deployment at City Hall during last month’s protest consisted of 18 officers, three of whom were plainclothes detectives from the Special Branch. Details came from Michael Dunkley, in response to questions from Walter Roban, the Shadow Minis...

Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers were front and centre on Saturday as Bermuda celebrated the Queen’s Birthday with a parade in Hamilton. Troops fired the traditional feu de joie — a rippling rifle salute — and a 21-gun salute with the RBR’s ceremonial...

Eight properties owned by the Bermuda Government are under consideration for sale to the public, the House of Assembly heard this morning. Details were given by Craig Cannonier, the Minister of Public Works, in response to parliamentary questions fro...

Christopher Famous Recently, the hard-working staff at the Parliamentary Registry released an updated voters list to facilitate the upcoming referendum on same-sex marriage to be held on June 23. Interestingly, there has been an upward movement of th...

When my grandmother was born in Philadelphia in 1920, women could not vote. Her opinion about her country and the people who governed it mattered less — or, frankly, not at all — than the men around her. Even after the ratification of the 19th Amendm...