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A breakaway group could form in the Progressive Labour Party if its back bench continued to grow with another landslide General Election victory, a political adviser has claimed. Phil Perinchief said that the possibility of opposition within the rank...

The Progressive Labour Party unveiled its first two candidates yesterday for October’s General Election. Crystal Caesar and Jason Wade will compete for constituencies in Southampton that the One Bermuda Alliance held with reduced margins at the 2017 ...

A long-serving Progressive Labour Party senator and MP has died, it was announced at the weekend. Calvin Smith was also the island’s first statistician and created the Government’s Department of Statistics. Mr Smith was 87. A spokeswoman for the PLP ...

The Premier is often called, sometimes sincerely and sometimes ironically, “the brilliant David Burt”. And certainly the Premier does sometimes give the impression of believing he is the brightest person in any room. That’s fine to the extent that s...

Voters will go to the polls on October 1 after the Premier called a General Election yesterday. David Burt, the Progressive Labour Party leader, said the decision was based on financial prudency because of the possibility of multiple by-elections. Bu...

The Progressive Labour Party is scheduled to unveil its candidate for the by-election in Smith’s West next week, the Premier said last night. David Burt made the announcement after he was asked why the PLP had not yet announced a candidate for the se...

A future government may renew investigations into longstanding allegations of political corruption shelved after the Progressive Labour Party regained power in 2017, a former attorney-general said this week. Trevor Moniz, speaking on Monday, a week a...

The retirement of veteran Opposition MP Trevor Moniz has forced a by-election in the constituency of Smith’s West. Former senator Vic Ball is running for the One Bermuda Alliance, while an announcement from the governing Progressive Labour Party is e...

David Burt recently noted that paying out almost $6 million to Skyport as part of the airport agreement was a hard pill to swallow in the middle of the Covid-19 crisis, and he was right. It has been argued by the Premier and by Neville Tyrrell, the ...

The primary reason why Bermuda is such an outstanding island nation is determined by one undeniable fact: we have a large middle-class population that provides a high overall standard of living. Many of the island nations in the Caribbean have opule...

David Burt and his government have been given a good deal of credit for their handling of the coronavirus crisis, and rightly so. But Mr Burt faces a greater challenge now with the economy, and it’s one that his government was struggling with before...

The fintech industry can help keep Bermuda from “economic ruin” and prevent the need for devastating cuts, according to the Premier. David Burt acknowledged financial technology had experienced setbacks since it was hailed as a major job creator in t...