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OBA members need to elect a leader who can be perceived as a future premier

David Burt may feel entitled to be cock-a-hoop but the PLP ending with five seats fewer than in the 2020 election should not go unheeded

David Burt is right to be supremely confident of winning the next election, but there should be consequences for arrogant indifference

Cole Simons could and should have gone as Leader of the Opposition after his February faux pas. That he did not is down to the respect he has earned

David Burt needs everything to go right for his gamble on government debt not to backfire

Inevitably, editorials on Christmas Eve look back on the past 12 months. For the past few years it has been a struggle to find much positive to say about Bermuda’s recent past. Economic stagnation, the travails of Covid-19 and rising crime cast a pa...

Anyone expecting an overarching plan to dramatically improve Bermuda’s moribund economy while containing the rise in the cost of living will have been disappointed in the Throne Speech yesterday. The Government’s lack of ambition may actually be righ...

Bermuda’s economy grew by 5.4 per cent in 2021, according to Jason Hayward, the economy and labour minister. While the minister, in releasing the gross domestic product figures for last year, conceded that the economy at $6.3 billion had not recover...

When David Burt called a snap General Election in 2020, he justified it on the basis that difficult economic problems were looming and the Government needed a mandate to take the hard decisions that would be necessary. Hard times are indeed here. Pr...

Last Friday, MPs were told they will be asked to make permanent anti-gang laws implemented on a temporary basis a decade ago. The laws mean that for crimes where gang involvement can be proved, those convicted can face up to five additional years in...