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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...

Stanley Lowe, the former Speaker of the House of Assembly, has died. He was 82. Mr Lowe was a Progressive Labour Party MP for Southampton East for 44 years, after being elected as a member of the “Class of ’68” which marked the beginning of the moder...

A campaign manager for the Progressive Labour Party died suddenly at the weekend. Keita Wilson was 45. Ms Wilson helped Tinee Furbert’s successful campaign for the St George’s South seat in the 2017 General Election. Ms Furbert said: “I am heartbroke...

The Progressive Labour Party has paid tribute to Vera Commissing, a founding member of the group behind the 1959 Theatre Boycotts who died last Friday. The statement follows in full: The PLP was saddened to learn of the passing of our life member, V...

Mr Premier, I implore you to take your Brexit Committee seriously. In Britain this week, the Prime Minister’s special political adviser, Dominic Cummings, hired a 27-year-old adviser called Andrew Subisky. Within 48 hours, Mr Subisky had quit, owing ...

Residents highlighted greater support for the underprivileged, seniors and people with mental health problems as areas for improvement as The Royal Gazette hit the streets of Hamilton to canvass views on the Progressive Labour Party’s performance in ...

The Progressive Labour Party has elected its first female party chair. A PLP spokeswoman announced that Dawn Simmons was elected to fill the post at the reconvening of the party’s Annual Delegates’ Conference on Monday night. She added that Steven Ro...

The Progressive Labour Party has pledged to give the public the chance to help shape its agenda. The party has launched PLP Listens, where the public can suggest policy ideas that can be carried out the second half of its five-year term in government...

The Government must do more to remove barriers to equality, a government backbencher and former trade union leader said yesterday. Jason Hayward told the Progressive Labour Party’s Founders Day lunch that the island’s healthcare system was among the ...

The Opposition leader claimed tonight that the creation of a group designed to boost business development indicated that previous strategies had “failed”. Craig Cannonier, the One Bermuda Alliance leader, said that on the same day that David Burt, th...

A new interest-free loan scheme will put cash in the hands of seniors, the head of charity for the elderly said yesterday. Claudette Fleming, the executive director of Age Concern, predicted that the $500,000 government-backed loan scheme for senior...