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As we sit back and reflect on the past 12 months of Bermuda’s history, we are struck by a variety of thoughts, feelings and visions. First, let us say thank you to all who participated in the democratic process of registering to vote and subsequently...

Recently, the Caribbean island of Grand Cayman served as the host for the 43rd Annual Commonwealth Parliamentary Association’s Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic region conference. The conference ran from June 16 to 23. Nearly 100 delegates from almost...

A few months ago, I was given a message that I had been summoned to the court of Edwena Smith at her stately home on Montpelier Road in Devonshire. For those who didn’t know, Mrs Smith was a legendary teacher of Latin at the Berkeley Institute from 1...

“When you hear about slavery for 400 years. For 400 years?! That sounds like a choice.” These were words spoken by American entertainer Kanye West that speak to the complete lack of knowledge of the true horrors of 500 years of European colonialism ...

On March 19, I attended the reading of the British Virgin Islands Budget 2018-19. Having just finished our own Budget session, I was very interested in witnessing their procedures. While sitting in the gallery, I was sent a note asking me to sit with...

“Country roads, take me home, to the place where I belong” — John Denver As much as travelling is fun, exciting and sometimes adventurous, it has both a beginning and an end. At the end, one eventually travels back home to the place where you belong...

Last Sunday there was a family gathering at the Willowbank Hotel Conference Centre. Hundreds from across the island came together to honour the founders of the Progressive Labour Party, those who had laid the foundations for a better and fairer Bermu...

Often, far too often, during canvassing over the past few years when we are looking for fellow Bermudians we are finding out that they no longer reside in Bermuda. We do not yet have exact government figures. However, by our own canvassing figures we...

“Altruism or selflessness is the principle or practice of concern for the welfare of others” — Wikipedia.com For years we have heard a number of comments specific to Bermudians’ joint community efforts. Two of them are “Bermudians only come together...

“Leaders are people who raise the standards by which they judge themselves and by which they are willing to be judged. The goal chosen, the objective selected, the requirements imposed, are not mainly for their followers alone.” — Haile Selassie Let...