In this wide-ranging interview, Owen Darrell, the Minister of Tourism, Transport, Culture and Sport, is pressed on twopolitical talking points: the PLP leadership transition and the still-simmering Bermuda Tourism Authority (BTA) controversy. On PLP leadership, Mr Darrell says the party…
Jason Hayward Launches PLP Leadership Bid — is a Hayward–DeSilva Ticket Forming? In what looked like a carefully choreographed political launch, Jason Hayward — Bermuda’s Minister of Labour and the Economy — has announced his intention to run for the…
With a forecast for government revenue to surpass $2 billion, it was no surprise that the Budget was a bit of a sweetheart budget – or more to the point, a great big giveaway budget.It hit all the right spots…
Budget day is tomorrow and the Finance Minister will have around $600m extra to play with thanks to the corporate income tax revenue. Cost-of-livingwill be at the forefront and expect to see measures to put more money in ourpockets as…
Can the One Bermuda Alliance rebuild public trust? Is the UK quietly questioning Bermuda’s governance? And why are more than 1,100 Bermudians still unhoused?I n this episode, we break down the growing trust deficit in Bermuda politics, examine renewed scrutiny…
As the One Bermuda Alliance caucus backs Ben Smith as leader of the party and leader of the opposition, attention turns to him to perform in the role he coveted. Will he live up to expectations? What will Robert King…
Via a ‘palace coup’ Robert King was today ousted as the Leader of the Opposition with Ben Smith, who lost the leadership election last year, installed in Mr King’s place.But where will this end? Mr King is still the leader…
Jeremy Deacon and Jonathan Starling ask: why doesn’t Bermuda seem to take road safety seriously despite the awful costs – financially and emotionally – of all the fatalities and survivors of accidents? It makes no sense, yet there is still…
Education reform, which started with Plan 2022, released in 2017, is losing its core visions as reform, interrupted by Covid, now seams on the verge of going back to square one, causing confusion and anger among parents, unions – and…
