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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...

The Government has mismanaged the latest outbreak of the coronavirus. It is that simple. Having managed the coronavirus well in 2020 — and been rewarded at the polls as a result — the Progressive Labour Party government’s handling of the present outb...

It has been said that there are no friends in politics, only allies who have common interests that can and do shift from time to time. In fact, as former US president Harry Truman once famously said about life in Washington (read politics): if it is ...

Happy Labour Day to the workers of Bermuda. As we celebrate this day, I take this opportunity to give my sincere thanks and gratitude to each and every worker for the contributions you make to our island home. The previous year has been a tumultuous...

David Burt, the Premier, defended the Government’s economic recovery plan and countered suggestions the Progressive Labour Party had strayed from its labour roots. Mr Burt called a spat over the summer with the pro-PLP activist group Move Bermuda “un...

Campaigners have not given up hope of saving an historic school threatened with closure in an overhaul of public education. Phil Perinchief, a former PLP Attorney-General who attended the West End Primary School, said there was “talk of forming a gr...

Chris Furbert levelled a threat in a recent address without any hint of frailty in saying that labour could bring down the Progressive Labour Party government. He went on to say that there are five members on the back bench they could count on for su...

David Burt, the Premier, acknowledged yesterday that he faces an “intensely personal” challenge from the Bermuda Industrial Union over voting rights in trade union legislation. In a lengthy interview with The Royal Gazette yesterday, the Premier rep...

“Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and taking the politicians as a joke.” The dispute raging between the Bermuda Industrial Union and the labour government was predictable to anyone following the events between ...

Health authorities view the island’s vaccination levels as a likely safeguard against the surge of coronavirus cases seen in the spring, the Premier said yesterday. But David Burt warned he could not rule out further shelter in place lockdowns if the...

The Bermuda Industrial Union will hold a weekly one-day protest against union decertification laws, it has confirmed. In a statement released yesterday, a BIU spokeswoman said the protest will start from Monday, September 13. The action was approved ...