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About 40 Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers are waiting to receive medals they are entitled to from the United Kingdom government. The RBR is working to resolve the issue to ensure that soldiers in overseas territories, including Bermuda, receive the V...

Activists in the British Virgin Islands have predicted widespread opposition to an attempt for direct British rule over the troubled Caribbean territory. Former Bermuda Governor John Rankin, who became Governor of BVI in January 2021, faces sceptici...

“I see a bad moon arising I see trouble on the way“ Creedence Clearwater Revival Over the past week, anyone who truly loves the Virgin Islands, the Caribbean and freedom has had a heavy heart. Not unpredictably, the Boris Johnson-led U...

Bermuda’s new Deputy Governor has reflected on the legacy of colonialism along with the positive shared accomplishments of Bermuda and the UK. Tom Oppenheim, who was twice posted to the British Embassy in Moscow, also shared his sense of tragedy from...

A surge of passport applications and delays overseas means that Bermudian applicants face a longer wait, the Government said yesterday. A spokesman for the Department of Immigration said that the UK Government had confirmed that those who are attempt...

Britain's Tories have been in power for a long time and incumbents generally get a midterm beating. So, of course, Boris Johnson is expecting a slapdown in local government elections tomorrow. There are plenty of reasons for voters to deliver one. Hi...

Bermuda and Britain share a history of “pride and shame”, the island’s new Deputy Governor said as he was sworn in to the post. Tom Oppenheim, whose previous diplomatic postings included Moscow, insisted he wanted to uphold the Constitution as he was...

The Acting Premier of the British Virgin Island has called for reforms short of direct UK rule of the territory in the wake of a tumultuous week for the British Overseas Territory that saw the arrest of its Premier on drug charges. The statement yest...

The British Virgin Islands is likely to come under direct rule from London after a corruption investigation called for the suspension of its constitution and the dissolution of the territory’s government. John Rankin, Governor of the British Overseas...

A Bermudian sailor who saw action in the Falklands war has spoken of his experiences 40 years after the conflict. Danny Little, from St David’s, was just 15 when he left home for England to join the Royal Navy in 1971. A little more than ten years la...

The commanding officers of British Overseas Territories’ military units from around the world have joined forces for the first time to create strength in numbers. A total of six military officers, coordinated by Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin Beasley, t...

A few weeks ago, Rishi Sunak was the heir apparent to a faltering prime minister: a safe pair of hands in a bungle-prone Cabinet and a clean slate in a scandal-stained party. Today, he is clinging by his fingertips to his job as Chancellor of the Ex...