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The new OBA Government has made some interesting moves. Getting Progressive Labour Party MP Randy Horton to agree to be Speaker of the House was a coup it increases their majority by reducing the number of Opposition party voters by one. Some peopl...

Former Premier Alex Scott reflects on the PLP’s golden anniversary By Ayo Johnson The Progressive Labour Party has changed Bermuda for the better, according to former Premier Alex Scott. Reflecting on the party’s 50th anniversary — celebrated this m...

White collar workers at the Corporation of Hamilton have issued a 21 day strike notice, The Royal Gazette has learned. The development is an escalation of a months long dispute between the City Council and its managers who have accused Mayor Graeme O...

Premier Craig Cannonier has tabled proposed pay cuts for Cabinet Ministers, as promised by the party. The changes include pay cuts for many posts, Cabinet Ministers who sit in the Senate would receive a boost in pay to set them at the same level as C...

Tougher rules for Government aid have been given a cautious assessment by the Island’s social agencies. The stricter measures for both Financial Assistance and Child Day Care will see Government requiring certain clients to take “mandatory life skill...

February 6, 2013 Dear Sir, OK OBA, the honeymoon is over. I am looking for policies and ideas that will restore this country’s pride. I am fed up with empty offices and shops, tenantless homes, failing businesses and restaurants and of course a dead...

Only half-marks were awarded to the Throne Speech from seniors advocate Claudette Fleming. She said Government’s agenda for the coming year “embodied a status quo, conservative ideology with a great deal of emphasis on private sector business”. More ...

An ambitious legislative agenda was laid out yesterday as Governor George Fergusson read the first One Bermuda Alliance Government Throne Speech. Pledges focused on tackling violent crime and rebuilding the economy. “A key principle embedded in this ...

Progressive Labour Party MP Randolph Horton is now the Speaker of the House of Assembly after being the only nominee for the post at yesterday’s House of Assembly sitting. Mr Horton’s Deputy is Government MP Suzann Roberts-Holshouser who represents S...