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Resignation may be the “best option” for a controversial senator and junior minister after a court heard he had failed to pay $19,000 in rent arrears to his elderly former landlady, the Leader of the Opposition said yesterday. Cole Simons said: “Wh...

No country, not even our lovely homeland Bermuda, can bury its head in the sand and pretend all is well as long as we close our eyes to critical problems that we would rather not have to face. In most countries large and small, people yearn for an a...

An elderly woman broke down in tears yesterday as she told a court of the stress caused by a senator’s repeated refusal to hand over $19,000 in unpaid rent. Margaret Harvey, who is in her 70s, told the Supreme Court that Curtis Richardson, a Progress...

A former sergeant major who raised thousands of dollars for charity with an annual 24-hour walkathon is suing former Opposition deputy leader Leah Scott for defamation. Marilyn Steede alleges in the civil suit filed in the Supreme Court that Ms Scott...

It is ironic that the observance of MLK Day, 2022, is being characterised as a time for grave reflection. This, because over the past year, some 19 US state legislatures (Republican strongholds) have passed legislation that is geared to curtail the r...

One of the quainter rules among British lawmakers is they cannot openly accuse each other of lying. It does not bode well for Boris Johnson that on Wednesday his opponents found so many ways around that convention, with barely a peep of protest from ...

The United Nations lists 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories, or colonies, remaining in the world. Of those 17, Britain retains a total of nine Overseas Territories scattered around the globe. In the Atlantic and Caribbean region there are six Overseas...

Heavy is the head that wears the crown. The task of navigating a global pandemic is very stressful and often overwhelming. No rational person could consider it an easy feat. Without a doubt, our leaders need vacations, including David Burt, the Premi...

More school classes may need to be taught remotely as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus continued to sweep across the island, the Premier said yesterday. David Burt was speaking after schools failed to reopen last Wednesday as planned — and the...

Some readers will remember, with widely different perspectives, the events around the independence referendum of 1995. Some may remember it as the beginning of the end for the United Bermuda Party and certainly the end of the premiership of Sir John...

The Government came under fire yesterday from the Leader of the Opposition for a “frustrating and unbelievable” delay in Covid-19 tests that was followed by the resignation of the programme’s top scientist. Cole Simons said the Government had “ignore...

With Boris Johnson’s UK premiership looking in peril, Shaun Connolly, who closely observed the “political rock star” in his pomp at Westminster, looks at how it came to this and what it could mean for Bermuda. If Boris Johnson is toppled by the ...