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An urgent motion to launch a joint select committee to tackle the issue of immigration was rejected following a prolonged debate in the House of Assembly last night. The motion was launched by Progressive Labour Party MP Walton Brown before the Bermu...

Progressive Labour Party backbencher Rolfe Commissiong was ordered to leave the House of Assembly during a debate after talking while another MP was on his feet. Speaker of the House Randy Horton made the order after issuing several warnings to MPs a...

Shadow transport minister Lawrence Scott has blasted the Bermuda Government for “not including a single word about road safety” in its Budget Statement, describing the issue as a “national health crisis”. Speaking in the House of Assembly last night ...

Dear Sir,It’s been just over three years since the Progressive Labour Party lost the General Election. In those three years, the same message, whether it is a direct reference or an underlying tone, goes back to race as a basis of its argument for ev...

David Burt, the Shadow Minister of Finance, has warned that local businesses will end up closing as a result of the tax increases contained in the Budget. Speaking shortly after the conclusion of the 2016-17 Budget statement by Bob Richards, the Mini...

Opposition MP Walton Brown has urged Government to “listen to a voice of reason”, after chanting protesters shut down Wednesday’s meeting on immigration reform. Michael Fahy, Minister of Home Affairs, accused Mr Brown of instigating the disturbance ...

Protesters chanted their opposition to immigration reform as the House of Assembly reopened yesterday after the Christmas break. Moments after new Progressive Labour Party MP Diallo Rabain was sworn in, a crowd of people in the viewing gallery stood ...

The election last Thursday marked the day when the petals firmly came off the fading red rose that is the One Bermuda Alliance government. This loss by its candidate, Andrew Simons, to now MP and former senator Diallo Rabain was by any measure extrao...

Progressive Labour Party MP Kim Wilson handed out scores of pancakes last night to raise funds to help a constituent buy a new motorised wheelchair. Ms Wilson’s annual Shrove Tuesday pancake fundraiser attracted dozens from across Sandys and beyond w...

Michael Fahy, the Minister for Home Affairs, has dismissed claims that a new immigration policy is designed to increase the One Bermuda Alliance’s voting base. Last Friday, Senator Fahy announced new measures to allow residents who have lived on the ...

The Progressive Labour Party’s by-election victory dealt good press to its leader along with a stinging rebuke to the Bermuda Government over the state of the economy, according to a PLP source. Meanwhile Glenn Blakeney, the former MP for Devonshire ...

Long-term residents will be given increased rights to apply for permanent residency and Bermudian status under new proposals outlined by the Bermuda Government. The move will allow residents who have lived on the island for 20 years to gain status, w...