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More action has to be taken to tackle gang violence, the One Bermuda Alliance shadow national security minister said in parliament on Friday. Michael Dunkley, added the Government had revealed few details on how it planned to beat the scourge of gang...

Employers and third sector agencies are to join a number of Government departments in the latest efforts to tackle gang violence. Renée Ming, the Minister of National Security, told the House of Assembly: “We will not police our way out of this probl...

The UK should not be able to block legislation passed by Parliament whether on cannabis or anything else, the Premier has insisted. David Burt was speaking as he and Rena Lalgie, the Governor, appeared to be at loggerheads over proposed drugs legisl...

The House of Assembly has approved a fee rate for permission to live in Bermuda under an economic investment certificate. A fee of $2,625 was approved for the granting of ministerial permission to live on the island – the same price as a residential ...

Legislation to modernise the Bermuda National Trust was passed by MPs today with support from both sides of the House of Assembly. Diallo Rabain, the education minister, launched the debate on the Bermuda National Trust Amendment Act. He said the BNT...

The fifth anniversary of the December 2, 2016 parliamentary protest falls a week today – and The Royal Gazette will mark the occasion with in-depth coverage of the infamous event. That flashpoint in Bermuda’s history, when demonstrators blocked MPs f...

It’s a line I heard recently on 60 Minutes, a pronouncement from British-American political commentator and podcaster Andrew Sullivan. It struck me as having a certain ring of truth to it. While he may have been talking about politics in Washington, ...

Patients will be the main focus of a new universal health coverage plan, the Minister of Health said on Friday. Kim Wilson told the House of Assembly that a three-year plan would begin with a “foundational” layer to include projects highlighted in th...

A crackdown on gang violence is needed to shake Bermuda out of its acceptance of gun crime, the Leader of the Opposition said yesterday. Cole Simons demanded a tougher response from David Burt, the Premier, in the aftermath of a string of shootings t...

An “ethics adviser” and an investigator are to be hired by to make sure politicians do not engage in “compromising activity’” that breaches parliamentary rules, the Government has announced. A new Code of Conduct said: “Members must not act or make d...

The Speech from the Throne brought to mind the comment from Mario Cuomo, the first member of that family to govern New York, that politicians “campaign in poetry, but govern in prose”. Throne speeches are often filled with grand phrasemaking and aff...

Here are five things we learnt from today’s Throne Speech: 1) A day of firsts: Rena Lalgie, the Governor, made history as the first woman, and the first Black person, to deliver the Speech from the Throne. She used the occasion to subtly, but fi...