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“Your hair is too long; you are going to get it cut!” “March yourself round to Angle Street!” “It’s back-to-school time, so you know what you have to do.” “You had your ears lifted.” Words that every young man from the back of town, or parts close b...

A friend of mine once said to me that people tend to address or attack individuals when instead they should address or attack issues. Over the past few weeks, various personal and online discussions have helped to illustrate this salient advice. A fe...

Over the past few weeks and months, many of us have heard remarks from various One Bermuda Alliance senators and MPs about state the economy. Perhaps, the most vocal on the economic front has been OBA Senate leader Nick Kempe. Let us take a minut...

Hi ho, hi ho, it’s back to canvassing we go. With the unexpected passing of Walton Brown Jr, there now lies a vacancy of an elected representative in Constituency 17. As such, a by-election has been called for November 21. As with all other by-electi...

“Dready got a job to do, And he’s got to fulfil that mission ... Natty Dread rides again, Through the mystics of tomorrow, Natty Dread rides again: Have no fear, have no sorrow” — Bob Marley Dear Bo Bo, I was thinking about what to write this week a...

Go to the people. Live with them. Learn from them. Love them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. But with the best leaders, when the work is done, the task accomplished, the people will say: “We have done this ourselves.” — Lao T...

Last week during the motion to adjourn in the House of Assembly, those in the chambers and, indeed, the wider listening audience were treated to former Cabinet minister Sylvan Richards throwing a challenge to members of the Progressive Labour Party. ...

Roads impassable? Here come the heavy equipment operators. Trees blocking your driveway? Here come the landscapers. Roofs damaged? Here come the carpenter and masons. Phone lines down? Here come the telephone technicians. Wi-fi gone? Here come the IT...

Hurricane Fabian 2003 Hurricane Katrina 2005 Hurricane Sandy 2012 Hurricane Fay 2014 Hurricane Gonzalo 2014 Hurricane Nicole 2016 Hurricane Harvey 2017 Hurricane Irma 2017 Hurricane Maria 2017 Hurricane Dorian 2019 Hurricane Humberto 2019 More than ...

Unfortunately, there has always been a certain element in Bermuda that has attempted to tell us constantly that we are not a part of the Caribbean, either geographically or culturally, and that we should have nothing to do with “those people”. Many h...