These days when the international media refer to Bermuda as a “treasure isle”, this is usually unsubtle — and singularly unhelpful — code for the activities of our offshore financial services sector.
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The Queen, who celebrated her 90th birthday this week, has been on the throne since 1952, a symbol of both continuity and change during a period when Britain and its role in the world have been transf...
At the outset of his political career he posed, and then proceeded to answer to his own satisfaction, what remains among the most vexing questions in Bermudian public life. In his “Am I Being Used?” s...
At last, it’s under way. The work of the Commission of Inquiry into the Auditor-General’s scathing reports on the Bermuda Government’s finances between 2010 and 2012 has started.
Expectations from the...
“Passion for this great game, commitment, unity, hard work, courage and the pride of playing for our country, drives us.
“Now we are representing our country on the international stage, the players ar...
Generally speaking, you actually are what you eat. And if you eat a diet consistently high in sugar, processed food and saturated fat, you are more likely than not a diabetic-in-waiting.
The prevalenc...
Bermuda was once more caught up in an indiscriminate hail of fire loosely aimed at offshore financial centres this week after the global coverage of tax avoidance by wealthy people known as the Panama...
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...
