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Event at Willowbank Resort will pay tribute to Sir John Swan, Dame Jennifer Smith and Alex Scott

A former premier said yesterday he was encouraged to hear a report was submitted by an international adviser on self-governance to show options for Bermuda. Alex Scott added that findings from the Bermuda Independence Commission, appointed by him in ...

If the attempt by David Burt was to conceal that there was a significant divide in the Progressive Labour Party, then his Cabinet reshuffle came at an inappropriate time. Wayne Furbert has been a member of the Cabinet in some capacity almost since he...

Politics isn’t Sunday school, Lawrence Scott said after he was unceremoniously sacked from the Cabinet last week. But this was still a surprisingly ruthless move from David Burt, the Premier, and even for Mr Scott, who saw his own father forced out o...

Olga Scott, who championed a charity for at-risk young women, was a “kind and compassionate woman” who “exemplified the very essence of public service”, according to David Burt, the Premier. Mr Burt paid tribute to Mrs Scott, the wife of former Premi...

The shock resignation of Curtis Dickinson as finance minister today drew mixed reactions from political commentators. Some politicians said that the Progressive Labour Party administration would be wounded by the loss. But others argued that the gov...

A joint statement backed by the Bermuda Human Rights Commission offers support to the people of South Africa following the imprisonment of the country’s former President Jacob Zuma. The letter is signed by several prominent members of Bermuda’s comm...

Walton Brown would have been the “guiding hand” and “stabilising force” to help lead Bermuda to independence if he had not died, according to former premier Alex Scott. Mr Scott told The Royal Gazette that Mr Brown, who was chairman of the Committee ...

Alex Scott has urged the Bermuda Government to rethink its decision on the Reverend Nicholas Tweed work permit — pointing to parallels with the riots of 1977. Mr Scott, the Premier under the Progressive Labour Party from 2003 to 2006, said rising ten...

Former Premier Alex Scott believes that the motion to censure House of Assembly Speaker Randy Horton is already doing a tactical job “just by sitting there”. Progressive Labour Party leader Marc Bean told The Royal Gazette this week that he was purpo...

Today Bermuda joins the ranks of jurisdictions around the world where freedom of information legislation holds sway. The Public Access to Information Act (PATI) will not open all doors: sensitive personal information or details threatening national s...

A “viable” Sustainable Development Roundtable should be actively involved in major projects such as the redevelopment of the waterfront, according to former Premier Alex Scott. “A lot of the questions that have been raised would have been answered in...