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Bermuda and its people punch well above their weight, a top American diplomat said yesterday. Robert Wood Johnson, the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, added: “One of the things that I think really surprises an outsider coming into B...

People going to live, work or study in Canada will be able to have their biometric information collected in Bermuda for the first time, it was revealed yesterday. The Ministry of National Security has launched a trial programme to allow residents to...

In politics, good gets better and bad gets worse. This axiom perfectly illustrates what we are witnessing in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Since Thursday’s debate, former vice-president Joe Biden has been on his heels as a spec...

In a break with tradition, Donald Trump plans to assume a prominent role in the Independence Day celebration in Washington tomorrow. For months, Trump has promised a “major fireworks display, entertainment and an address by your favourite president, ...

“The Tories, in their terror, have elevated a cavorting charlatan to the steps of Downing Street.” Those are the words of Sir Max Hastings, writing in The Guardian on June 24. Hastings is the former editor of The Daily Telegraph, the conservative Bri...

Politicians from British Overseas Territories gathered in the Cayman Islands this week for a summit. David Burt, the Premier, was among those at the event, preparation for a Joint Ministerial Council meeting in London later this year. The session was...

Last Friday, the Minister of Education, Diallo Rabain, made a monumental statement in Parliament. “Mr Speaker, it gives me great pleasure today to rise and give notice of the renewal of the relationship between the Bermudian people and The University...

A Bermudian man was jailed last week for 20 years for a brutal campaign of domestic abuse against his 29-year-old former girlfriend. Tarik Hill, 35, formerly from Devonshire, was found guilty of false imprisonment, two charges of causing actual bodil...

It would be very easy to start a war with Iran and there is no question of whether the United States is the stronger of the two militarily with its superior airpower. However, war is about outcome and achieving goals that neutralise the opposition. E...

The Ministry of Education will provide scholarship opportunities for Bermudian students to attend The University of the West Indies. Education minister Diallo Rabain said the ministry would dedicate $35,000 from its current scholarship budget to help...

Late at night on August 15, 1998, a source called me from the White House residence. He wanted me to know that Bill Clinton had decided to tell a federal Grand Jury that he had an “inappropriate relationship” with Monica Lewinsky. After months of den...

While the Democratic candidates seem to genuinely get along, it was inevitable that eventually they would grow more explicitly critical of one another. Which isn’t a bad thing — voters are facing a choice, and need to know what’s good and bad about t...