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“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...

Most people believe that the phrase “spin a yarn” was originally a nautical idiom. Seaman often had to spend time repairing rope on board ship. This is a time-consuming task involving twisting fibres together, which is supposed to have been referred ...

Over the past week, our young Bermudian athletes competed with their Caribbean counterparts in a number of regional events. • Carifta athletics and swimming — held in Jamaica and Barbados respectively • Central American and Caribbean Games field hock...

Recently, I had to travel to Jamaica for the funeral of my father-in-law, Victor Simms, aka “Sutton”. From what I could see, the country is steadily progressing with the construction of the South Coast Highway and other infrastructure projects. Touri...

In February, the Freemasons of the three lodges in Bermuda, under the Grand Lodge of Scotland, welcomed a distinguished visitor in the form of the Grand Master Mason William Ramsay McGhee. He flew in from Edinburgh, Scotland, to visit the island and ...

Last week Friday during a brief speech in Parliament, I spoke on the issue of the deal to begin redeveloping the Fairmont Southampton hotel. After more than two years of endless delays by one entity or another, there is now an agreement to redevelop ...

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge embarked on a royal visit to some of the former British colonies. These colonies are inclusive of Bahamas, Belize and Jamaica. Their tours have been met with mixed reactions by persons in each country. Many have floc...

In or around 1776, Paul Revere was cited as saying “The British are coming, the British are coming!!” There are some disputes as to whether it should be to him or someone else that those famous words are attributed. Yet, what is undeniable is that, ...

London accusing OTs of being tax havens while accepting money from Russian oligarchs reeks of hypocrisy

In 2020, Caricom produced a report that the Caribbean region imported more than $10 billion worth of food items per year. Considering that most islands had historically produced their own foods, this is more than a tragedy. Caricom began to set a pla...