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The House of Assembly on February 19 passed the Progressive Labour Party’s new Cannabis Licensing Bill, which now heads to Senate for debate tomorrow. Let me offer a few thoughts… The reason for the One Bermuda Alliance’s opposition to the Bill is t...

One of the best descriptions that I ever came across on the challenge of writing a column came from Pulitzer prize winning columnist Russell Baker of New York Times fame : it is like having to perform ballet in a telephone booth, he wrote.. The tende...

The Premier has been accused of “attempting to spark up base emotions” and create a divide with Britain by Marc Bean, the leader of new political contenders the Free Democratic Movement. Mr Bean, a former leader of the Progressive Labour Party, spoke...

On Friday, the House of Assembly passed the most far-reaching drug-liberalisation laws Bermuda has seen in decades. The Cannabis Licensing Act was passed without a vote, meaning constituents have no idea whether their Member of Parliament was for or...

Let me first declare my personal interest in the subject of cannabis. I won't be like the former President of the United States, Bill Clinton, who said he smoked it but did not inhale. I did inhale — and thus begins my story. I couldn't handle it be...

Political allies and colleagues said a last farewell to a veteran trade unionist today. LaVerne Furbert, who died earlier this month, was praised as a “lioness”, a “warrior” and “a voice for the voiceless” David Burt, the Premier, told the congregat...

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...