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Major changes to the tax system and the introduction of a levy on capital gains were today signalled in the Progressive Labour Party’s Throne Speech blueprint for the next legislative year. The Throne Speech added legislation would be tabled to alter...

A Speech from the Throne sounds impressive — it is meant to be — and far less ceremonial than the ceremony in which it is wrapped. It is the centrepiece of a longstanding parliamentary tradition that marks the opening of a new legislative session; ...

David Burt, as Leader of the Opposition in 2016, referred to Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities to present a parallel to his “A Tale of Two Bermudas” in his Reply to the Throne Speech. He said: “While one Bermuda enjoys wealth, privilege and secu...

Dear Sir, The following remarks are in response to two excerpts from the Premier’s ministerial statement, of November 15, 2019 entitled “2018 Throne Speech and Beyond: Charting a path for the future while challenging the status quo, to build a Bermud...

The Premier is close to being “a wannabe dictator”, the Opposition leader claimed yesterday. Craig Cannonier, the Leader of the One Bermuda Alliance, accused David Burt of “putting his foot on the throat of democracy”. He said: “The Premier has dem...

The Premier said he would push the Speaker of the House to deliver a written ruling to justify his decision to halt his ministerial statement yesterday on the floor of the House. Mr Burt and Speaker Dennis Lister clashed when Mr Burt tried to get Mr ...

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...

Dear Sir, Even under better economic circumstances, the continuance of the people’s business, concurrent regular-performance reporting of same and the plan for the next 12 months needs personal broadcast by the Premier to the entire tax base, as that...

David Burt’s speech at the opening of the Progressive Labour Party delegates conference is just a further demonstration that he just doesn’t know how to end his party’s inertia. He has no ideas that are good ideas, and the ideas that he does have are...

Court Street area businesses yesterday backed a plan by the Premier to introduce more co-operatives. Preston Ephraim, owner of OM Juicery, said extra support for entrepreneurs from co-op financial institutions and co-op stores would be good for the e...

Co-operative banks and supermarkets will empower Bermudians to challenge the island’s status quo, David Burt said last night. Speaking at the opening night of the Progressive Labour Party’s delegates conference, the Premier said entrepreneurs could s...

The Government’s decision not to hold an Opening of Parliament ceremony is a dangerous sign of how lightly the present administration regards the customs and mores that underpin Bermuda’s democracy. There is no legal requirement to hold a formal Ope...