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The Premier said last night Bermuda’s relationship with the UK would suffer serious damage if a law to license cannabis production failed to get Royal Assent. David Burt said there were indications that the Governor would be unable to give assent to...

Government backbenchers will be allowed a conscience vote on introducing the island’s first legal cannabis regime. And the Opposition One Bermuda Alliance signalled ahead of the debate in the House of Assembly that it is opposed to sweeping legislati...

“Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day” Bermudian environmental planner Andrew Outerbridge commented in great detail in The Royal Gazette this week about his first impression of the new airport terminal. He gave some mixed reviews th...

When is the truth the truth? You know, when we can just see it and acknowledge it? Maybe dealing with it is another matter, but there must be a common ground for what is clearly visible. If you see something that can fly, swims and paddles in the wa...

Former Cabinet Minister Jamahl Simmons has stood down from the chairmanship of a government quango. Mr Simmons became chairman of the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation last August, replacing Neville Grant, who was demoted to deputy chairman. B...

The delegates conference, a ritual performed each autumn since the Progressive Labour Party's inception back in 1963, is sacred to the function of the organisation, yet seemingly disconnected and inconsequential to the broad party support. The conf...

Immigration changes proposed by the One Bermuda Alliance in 2016 would have boosted the island’s economy, a former senator has claimed. But Dwayne Robinson, an OBA senator from 2018-20, said his party’s Pathways to Status immigration legislation was...

The late Walton Brown Jr had it right. The impetus for major reform and social justice for the longest time came not from within the legislature, but from without. He catalogued much of that history in his book, Bermuda And The Struggle For Reform: R...

The Leader of the Opposition tonight denied that the One Bermuda Alliance supported the introduction of income tax. Cole Simons said that claims by David Burt, the Premier, that the idea had bipartisan support was false. He added: “I flatly refute Da...

Major changes to Bermuda’s tax structure are needed to reduce the cost of living, according to the Premier. David Burt said at the Progressive Labour Party annual conference that difficult conversations may be needed to create a fairer tax system – o...

The One Bermuda Alliance said yesterday it was “cautiously optimistic” about proposed immigration changes – but highlighted that they were long overdue. Jarion Richardson the Shadow Minister of Labour, Home Affairs and Cabinet, said the problem of th...

The Progressive Labour Party’s annual general conference will be held online this year – and the public are invited to watch the opening night. The event – scheduled to begin at 6pm today – will feature performances by several local artists includi...