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Sandys North may have just played host to the biggest sporting event in Bermuda’s history, but constituents still have mixed feelings about what the America’s Cup meant for them. And there is no shortage of other issues affecting residents of Consti...

The Opposition went on the offensive against the ruling One Bermuda Alliance yesterday, with three candidates berating the governing party’s record on immigration, jobs and transparency. Walter Roban, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, accused the ...

Rising healthcare costs have been highlighted repeatedly during the past five years, with the health and seniors minister warning last year that they had risen to “unsustainable levels”. During the Health Action Plan launch in January 2016, Jeanne At...

On May 9, 2016, the Progressive Labour Party held a press conference where acting Opposition leader David Burt alleged that JetBlue had been pressured by Aecon to fire shadow transport minister Lawrence Scott because of his opposition to the airport ...

Debates will not take place in the lead-up to next week’s General Election, with both parties pointing fingers at one another for where blame lies. Both the One Bermuda Alliance and the Progressive Labour Party released statements last night followi...

Although Bermuda’s Parliament held its first session in 1620, it is only relatively recently that it has enjoyed proper representative democracy. The island’s first General Election held on the basis of universal adult suffrage and equal voting took ...

Healthcare costs will be the next government’s number-one challenge, according to economist Peter Everson. He warned that because of the island’s ageing population, costs will continue to rise if there is no policy intervention. “Demographic challen...

In 2012 the battle for Pembroke Central came down to just six votes, with Progressive Labour Party stalwart Walton Brown squeezing his way into Parliament ahead of One Bermuda Alliance newcomer Andrew Simons. This month Mr Simons and Mr Brown go head...

David W. Burch, the would-be independent candidate for Warwick South Central, may have been granted a last chance to throw his hat in the ring for July 18. “It’s a case of David up against Goliath,” Mr Burch told The Royal Gazette, after appealing to...

“Democracy thrives on civil debate, but we’re shamefully out of practice.” — Michael Sandel (TED2010) On September 26, 1960, Richard Nixon, the Vice-President of the United States, and Massachusetts senator John F. Kennedy engaged in the first of fo...

Bermuda, I know that things have not moved ahead as quickly as any of us would have liked, and the economic changes that we would like to see for all of us, seem to be slow in coming. However, we can see that things are turning around. The thankless ...

The Progressive Labour Party pledged last night to unite the island’s citizens and put its children first as it unveiled its platform for the upcoming General Election. Party leader David Burt told supporters that the PLP would accomplish more in its...