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The new senator for the Progressive Labour Party warned yesterday that care of the island’s growing seniors population will take “more than just money”. Ianthia Simmons-Wade, a veteran healthcare worker and widow of former PLP leader Frederick Wade, ...

A leading light in the foundation of the Progressive Labour Party has died. Edith Richardson, 97, was the widow of Hugh Richardson, a former President of the Senate and the first chairman of the PLP. The Richardson’s home on Serpentine Road in Pembro...

Bermuda’s newest MP told colleagues that he was tired of “political bickering” in his maiden address to Parliament yesterday. Jason Hayward said: “As a matter of fact, I am not fond of our current political construct that is adversarial in nature.” T...

So by-election results once again favour the Progressive Labour Party, just as every by-election has in the past, what, ten, 12 years. This is not to take anything away from Dwayne Robinson, who I believe is a fine young man, despite some mistakes he...

The late John Stubbs is best known today for being the name behind the “Stubbs Bill”, which decriminalised anal sex, or sodomy, in Bermuda. But as a parliamentarian of long standing, he was also a great student of politics and political behaviour. On...

A would-be MP was engulfed in a storm of controversy after a clip from a satire show, where he played down the use of pepper spray during a protest, resurfaced yesterday. Dwayne Robinson, a One Bermuda Alliance senator is due to go head-to-head with ...

Members of the Progressive Labour Party were asked to learn from people of all ages as they celebrated Bermudian excellence at the weekend. Wayne Frederick, the president of Howard University in Washington, highlighted the values of both younger and ...

Both the Premier and the Leader of the Opposition were disciplined by the Speaker of the House yesterday in chaotic scenes in the House of Assembly. David Burt was ordered by Speaker Dennis Lister to stop reading a ministerial statement — and earlier...

The One Bermuda Alliance was right to object to the Progressive Labour Party government’s publication and mail-out of a two-year report on its progress since it was elected. There are times when the line between what constitutes government business ...

A government senator said last night he hoped to protect the most vulnerable people in Bermuda if he is elected as an MP next week. Jason Hayward, of the Progressive Labour Party, said he felt “sick” that some people had no healthcare access due to t...

An e-mail that appeared to be from David Burt has asked Progressive Labour Party members to stick together after an internal rift over candidate selection for a by-election was revealed last week. The Premier said branch chairmen should unite to hel...

David Burt, the Premier, announced that Jason Hayward, president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, will stand in the seat after the sudden death of sitting Progressive Labour Party MP Walton Brown last month. Mr Hayward said that the circumstance...