As Somerset Trojans prepared to bow out of the Caribbean Club Championship in Haiti in late February, coach Kieshon Smith reopened a very stale can of worms. Not unimportant, mind, but stale all the s...
Mark Twain, arguably Bermuda’s first and most celebrated repeat visitor, didn’t overstate matters at all when he remarked that lack of money is actually the root of all evil.
Twain’s wry assessment is...
When Bermuda reaches a world-class level in any field, it is something that should be celebrated. Last week, this scale of achievement occurred, but it would have gone unnoticed by many. There were no...
In the throes of the work stoppage that brought Bermuda to a standstill, rumours circulated that senior persons in the Progressive Labour Party and Bermuda Industrial Union had a bit of a falling out ...
Bermuda was once known as the “Easter Isle” for a million or so good reasons.
From the late 19th century until the early 1960s, that was the number of lily blooms and bulbs the island exported to Nort...
Bermuda could learn a thing or two from our fellow British Overseas Territory, the Cayman Islands. There are many similarities between the two of us, but it is clear that Cayman has been outperforming...
Government should listen to the people. That’s what we’ve been hearing from protesters in the grounds of the House of Assembly this week and they are, of course, right. That is the whole purpose of ou...
Yesterday presented yet another sign that Bermuda is hurtling uncontrollably towards a status that is not of the First World variety that we often claim to possess. It did not require a high-priced sl...
It’s time to step back from the threatening brinkmanship which has been masquerading as political discourse in Bermuda in recent weeks.
It’s time to dispense with the overheated rhetoric and sometime...
The right to publicly express one’s views is a tenet of democracy. In recent times in Bermuda, we have seen demonstrations on issues including same-sex marriage, public-sector furloughs and immigratio...
