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Bermuda has asked to be part of an international agreement fighting discrimination against women — but has kept the door open for exemptions on women priests and female conscription. The Bermuda Government has signed up to the Convention on the Elimi...

Michael Dunkley has said he was in phone contact with the Commissioner of Police during the protests of December 2. Speaking in the House of Assembly, the Premier said that he had six separate phone conversations with the Commissioner on the day of p...

Sylvan Richards formally apologised in the House of Assembly yesterday for remarks he made last week during a heated debate. Mr Richards, the Minister of Social Development and Sport, was told to leave the chamber by Speaker of the House Randy Horton...

The Progressive Labour Party refuses to go quietly into the night on the airport redevelopment project and has now called on the public to flood senators with their concerns about LF Wade International being turned over for “privatisation”. Parliame...

Expect a marathon debate down party lines as two key Acts for the airport project go before legislators today in the House of Assembly. The Airport Authority Act and the Airport Redevelopment Concession Act have been kept on hold for months — through...

Nearly two-thirds of registered voters want the Bermuda Government to press ahead with its plan to build a new airport, according to a poll commissioned by The Royal Gazette this week. The survey, conducted by Global Research, found 62 per cent in fa...

Parliament will hear today from Michael Dunkley, the Premier, on his telephone conversations, including contacts with police, during the protests at the House of Assembly on December 2. Mr Dunkley dismissed suggestions from Walter Roban, the Shadow M...

The dress rehearsal was not spectacular, but there were many lessons to be learnt from what transpired on December 2, 2016 so that today should go as smoothly as can be expected. If last week was anything to go by, on MPs’ very belated return to the ...

Union president Chris Furbert sent members back to work this morning, as anticipated protests about the proposed building of a new airport took a dramatic twist. Mr Furbert lashed out at the public for their lack of support as the Bermuda Industrial ...

Shadow national security minister Walter Roban alleged yesterday that Michael Dunkley was “hiding” information about his knowledge of the police’s plan for dealing with protesters on December 2. The Opposition MP claimed fresh information shared by t...

A religious group has organised a prayer vigil as a “brief moment for common unity” on the grounds of the House of Assembly tomorrow. The Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast Group has been meeting with House Speaker Randy Horton to find ways of creating p...