The resignation of Craig Cannonier, the eleventh person to occupy the office of Premier, since it was created in April 1973, was an event unprecedented in Bermudian history as no elected leader of the Island has ever been forced to give up the job in the midst of corruption allegations. Cannonier also managed to…...
Bermuda moves toward campaign finance transparency rules
Bermuda’s politicians are to consider crafting new campaign finance rules which would require political parties and candidates to disclose their funding arrangements. Meanwhile, Whitehall has said it will not be imposing “direct rule” on its mid Atlantic colony in the wake of Craig Cannonier’s resignation from the premiership following corruption allegations. While the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office […]
Selling Bermuda
Bermuda’s new One Bermuda Alliance Government and its political neophyte leader Craig Cannonier are facing their most serious credibility crisis to date over handling of a casino developer’s interest in a country where casino gambling is not legal. Cannonier, who assumed the Bermuda Premiership when his party won the Government in December 2012, has rejected […]
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