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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...

David Burt praised one of his Cabinet members for addressing long-running problems that had plagued his ministry. The Premier said the Minister of Public Works, Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, had “inherited a ministry that was debilitated in many ar...

Bermudians have been left in the dark about the development of a new arbitration centre, an opposition senator has claimed. Dwayne Robinson said, although ground was broken on the Ottiwell A Simmons International Arbitration Centre on Tuesday, the Go...

The Progressive Labour Party’s three years back in government under David Burt’s leadership came with a trial by fire, with a pandemic thwarting some of its goals. The Premier’s B-plus assessment of his administration this week came with the acknowle...

Dear Sir, Your editorial today (July 27, 2020) was spot-on. Bermuda’s squandering of the America’s Cup legacy was the biggest lost opportunity for probably the past half-century. History will judge the Progressive Labour Party government harshly on t...

See if you can spot the link between the following three vignettes. Ready? (Hint: it’s the economy). First there was Sage How did you spend your weekend? Me? I blew the dust off the Sage Report — well, only the executive Summary, if truth be told. ...

“The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe because its handle was made of wood and they thought it was one of them.” — Unknown Bermuda, we are three years into the landslide Progressive Labour Party victory to run our governmen...

Cabinet appointments to the national security and tourism and transport portfolios will go ahead today. The replacements for Wayne Caines and Zane DeSilva, who both quit Cabinet last week over a public breach of Covid-19 health restrictions, were exp...

The officers and members of the Progressive Labour Party are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of one of Bermuda’s most prolific warriors in the fight for civil rights and racial equality, the indomitable Eva Naomi Hodgson, PhD, OBE. Dr Hodgson ...

It is often said that a prophet has no honour in his own country. So it can be said of Eva Hodgson. Although we met and talked on occasion, I did not know Dr Hodgson well. The last time I saw her was in July 2018 at the Bermuda Industrial Union head...

Residents have been invited to join a virtual round table talk hosted by the Progressive Labour Party’s Women’s Caucus. Panel members will discuss the “new normal in the face of Covid-19”. Topics are expected to include domestic violence and striking...