Election 2020, aside from its questionable timing, has been most memorable as the season for retirements — forced or otherwise.
Gone are three old stagers from the Opposition, four if you wish to inc...
The Premier is often called, sometimes sincerely and sometimes ironically, “the brilliant David Burt”.
And certainly the Premier does sometimes give the impression of believing he is the brightest pe...
The retirement of veteran Opposition MP Trevor Moniz has forced a by-election in the constituency of Smith’s West. Former senator Vic Ball is running for the One Bermuda Alliance, while an announcemen...
David Burt recently noted that paying out almost $6 million to Skyport as part of the airport agreement was a hard pill to swallow in the middle of the Covid-19 crisis, and he was right.
It has been ...
“One danger of reduced news coverage is to the integrity of government. It is not just a speculative proposition that corruption is more likely to flourish when those in power have less reason to fear...
David Burt and his government have been given a good deal of credit for their handling of the coronavirus crisis, and rightly so.
But Mr Burt faces a greater challenge now with the economy, and it’s ...
Last weekend, with very little ceremony, Bermuda marked the 400th anniversary of the first meeting of its legislature.
Part of the reason for the lack of pomp and circumstance was the impact of the n...
Like so many other things this year, the Cup Match 2020 holiday will be unlike any held in many decades, with no cricket and very few of the other events that usually make this midsummer celebration u...
The Bermuda Public Services Union was right last week to criticise public works minister Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch for his attack on black female civil servants in the health ministry.
That the ...
In the recent Cabinet shuffle, David Burt took on responsibility for tourism, having already taken charge of economic development in an earlier round of appointments.
Doing so creates some risks for ...
