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I read Khalid Wasi’s response to my op-ed entitled “Know your place” with interest and some bemusement. Typically, it contained once again his revisionist take on Bermuda’s mid to late 20th-century history for about the 500th time. Khalid, please le...

A former education Permanent Secretary yesterday questioned if she would ever face a Progressive Labour Party disciplinary committee over her opposition to the closure of a historic primary school. Ellen-Kate Horton, a veteran PLP member who was thre...

This past Friday saw the Speech from the Throne. If you blinked, you might have missed it. The opening prayer beforehand seemed to last longer than the brief speech. A Throne Speech is supposed to set out the Government’s legislative agenda for the ...

David Burt last night warned of rising prices, global challenges and the increasing toll of the Covid-19 pandemic, saying “things will get worse before they get better”. Speaking at the 56th annual Progressive Labour Party Delegates Conference, the ...

Reforms to help the unemployed find a way back to work were given the green light by the Senate. The Financial Assistance Amendment Act, tabled in the Senate by senator Arianna Hodgson, will introduce the creation of employment plans for the able-bod...

It looked like the dispute that has taken the public bus service off the road for the past 12 days was coming to an end last night. It is not before time. There are and were no winners in this deadlock. The bus drivers had moved from cutting off th...

A rift between the ruling Progressive Labour Party and the Bermuda Industrial Union widened yesterday after the BIU president accused the Government of a failure to listen to its grassroots support. Chris Furbert said the two had always been natural ...

Three MPs apologised to the House of Assembly yesterday for comments they made two months ago. Neville Tyrrell and Christopher Famous, Progressive Labour Party backbenchers, and Craig Cannonier, the One Bermuda Alliance Shadow Minister for Public Wor...

In politics, what goes unsaid often reveals the true narrative. It has been observed before: silence speaks volumes. When Parliament returned from the short August break, the House of Assembly was demonstrably silent. The Progressive Labour Party has...

A former premier has said she bears “no ill will” towards the Progressive Labour Party she quit to run as an independent candidate in 2017. But Paula Cox added she had “no active or close relationship with the current leadership” of the party. She ad...

Bermuda will ride out the current coronavirus outbreak if residents adhere to the restrictions put in place last month and follow SafeKey guidelines, the Premier said today. David Burt also urged people to report operators of indoor venues who faile...

The leader of the Bahamian Progressive Liberal Party was yesterday congratulated by the Progressive Labour Party after he became his country’s Prime Minister. Philip “Brave” Davis, leader of the Progressive Liberal Party, led his party to victory ove...