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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 prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Bermuda, at once one of th...

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 same, for the lack of attention given to his concer...

A hand-lettered sign was recently erected near the entrance to Hamilton, one both heartfelt and heartbreaking. It was a plea to save Gilbert Institute after the release of an education ministry reorganisation plan that included the Paget Parish prim...

The 2015 Labour Force Survey released last month revealed that unemployment in Bermuda had dropped to 7 per cent. That was a cause of celebration for some, without going over the top, while others bemoaned that the “real” figures — the numbers behind...

Not one death on Bermuda’s roads is acceptable. And after a weekend when the country has buried one young man, while two fortunate others are recuperating in hospital, our leaders must continue to grapple with ways by which we can reach farther into ...

Coming as it does less than a fortnight after Michael DeSilva outlined the way forward for the Bermuda Police Service over the next three years, yesterday’s release from the union whose mandate it is to safeguard the welfare of the officers who will ...

It is no secret that Bermuda is living with a huge public debt that continues to get bigger every year. The gravity of the situation for all Bermudians should not be underestimated. The Bermuda Government’s gross outstanding debt stands at $2.25 bill...

Retirement should be a pleasant prospect, replete with relaxation after a hard few decades’ work, more time with loved ones, nice overseas trips and more time pursuing the pastimes we really enjoy. However, the idyllic vision of the “golden years” is...

It is with no little satisfaction and a sizeable helping of humility that we can now signal the death knell for dark-tinted helmet visors and their mirrored cousins that also conceal identity. The campaign that we have waged since the MoneyShop robb...

Justice was seen to be served this week when convicted killer Jaquii Pearman Desilva was sentenced to life imprisonment for the cold-blooded shooting of Prince Edness last year. Pearman Desilva will have lived most of his natural life by the time he ...