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Derrick Burgess’s claim that the alleged closure of politicians’ bank accounts had been “ordered” by the UK are “absurd”, says a former premier

An attack on civil servants by a senior Government MP has been branded as “disturbing” by their union

The Government has failed to answer questions regarding claims by a veteran MP that two Progressive Labour Party premiers have been told their accounts at Butterfield Bank are being closed. Derrick Burgess, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembl...

Four people, including two unidentified Progressive Labour Party premiers, have been “kicked out” of Butterfield Bank, a senior Government MP has claimed

The two arms of government are arguing over how many parking spaces they should each have

It will be legal to grow and sell cannabis – if controversial legislation passed in the House of Assembly yesterday gets Royal Assent from the Governor. The Cannabis Licensing Act 2022 would create a regulated framework for growth and sale of the dru...

The Opposition’s Budget reply was last night criticised by government MPs as too long – but short on substance. Wayne Furbert, the Cabinet Office Minister, attacked a claim by Cole Simons’, the leader of the One Bermuda Alliance, that payroll tax wou...

Dear Sir, I read the front-page article with comments attributed to Derrick Burgess on the matter of the appointment of a new ombudsman. Surely, it is time to move beyond racial complexion, White or Black, being some form of qualification. What is ...

Michael DeSilva, the former police commissioner, is in line to become the next Ombudsman, MP Derrick Burgess has claimed

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...

Dear Sir, In February 2017, almost four years ago to the day, the MP Derrick Burgess exclaimed that “the OBA are trying to distort the minds of people who don’t know any better”. At that time, I thought that the remark was in fact quite disparaging, ...

The Deputy Speaker of the House has appealed to the Governor to help a government employee who he said was sacked after her friend was charged with a drugs offence. Derrick Burgess told MPs during Friday’s Motion to Adjourn that the employee was not ...