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Dear Sir, I have long held the view that Bermuda should make more use of referendums than has historically been the case. The size of our population should make such an undertaking relatively simple, and it would allow the Government to truly test th...

Dear Sir, Irony exists in most situations. More than 400 years ago, Guy Fawkes conspired to blow up the English Parliament. Reprisals against Roman Catholics were severe. Even today, on November 5, English children ask “penny for the Guy?” and set bo...

Controversial legislation calling for a referendum on the issue of same-sex marriage is set to be debated today as MPs return to Parliament. Tabled last Friday by Michael Dunkley, the Premier, the Bill will also put to the public whether they are in ...

Dear Sir, Would someone please persuade Bryant Trew to run for election? ELSPETH WEISBERG, Warwick

Where in the world can a same-sex couple get married? Not in Bermuda — yet. But elsewhere in plenty of places in the West, same-sex marriage is already on the statute books and many other countries are actively considering whether to include it. Last...

Patricia Gordon-Pamplin has told MPs how she was “beaten for breakfast, dinner, lunch and tea” by her ex-husband. The Minister of Community, Culture and Sport spoke of her experiences as a young woman during a debate on setting up a joint select com...

The chairman of the Commission of Inquiry could be paid $700 per day in addition to expenses, Michael Dunkley told the House of Assembly. Meanwhile, the three other members investigating how taxpayers’ money was handled under the former Progressive L...

“The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg ...”— Unknown I am no political consultant, Mr Editor, and with that disclaimer out of the way, let’s get down to it. The business of politics is no easy business and strategy is often k...

Efforts to save a “majestic” tamarind tree by the City of Hamilton have been applauded by the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce. The tree at the Cedar Avenue entrance to Victoria Park was blown over when Hurricane Fay swept over the isl...

Parliament protester Enda Matthie, who is on a “hunger strike” outside Sessions House to draw legislators’ attention to the plight of ordinary Bermudians, was joined overnight and yesterday by supporters. Ms Matthie, who told The Royal Gazette she h...

A question about public access to information in Bermuda has been raised in the United Kingdom Parliament. Catherine West, Shadow Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, asked James Duddridge, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealt...

A recalled statement by the People’s Campaign urged the public to join an “island-wide withdrawal of labour” tomorrow to protest against immigration reforms. At 1.59pm yesterday, the pressure group sent the media the press release, announced “in soli...