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David Burt and his government have been given a good deal of credit for their handling of the coronavirus crisis, and rightly so. But Mr Burt faces a greater challenge now with the economy, and it’s one that his government was struggling with before...

In the recent Cabinet shuffle, David Burt took on responsibility for tourism, having already taken charge of economic development in an earlier round of appointments. Doing so creates some risks for the Premier. There is no doubt that these two por...

Almost lost amid the controversy, the debate and the mudslinging of a sexual-abuse sentencing hearing has been the person most central to the case — the victim. A 13-year-old girl who more than likely will be scarred for life by the events of last ye...

Most Bermudians will have been riveted to the tragedy unfolding in the United States since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. His death has been rightly condemned throughout the US — if smartphones have one virtue, it is that it makes this kin...

Bermuda is facing financial disaster as a result of the coronavirus crisis — a recession that will make the Great Recession of 2008 look positively buoyant by comparison. This is not hyperbole; it is the only conclusion that can be drawn from Curtis...

Although Bermuda and the world are consumed, rightly, with the Covid-19 crisis now, it will come to an end, and at that time other problems and policy issues facing Bermuda will return. One such issue is education, and more particularly, public educ...

For all but the most introverted among us, humans are social beings, gathering together to talk, work, worship, dance, commune with nature, learn and, often, just enjoy being in one another’s company. This communion of souls does not simply serve as...

Bermuda’s history has been inextricably tied to its economy. With no natural resources and situated 700 miles from the nearest land, its people have always known that economic growth is not just desirable — it is a matter of survival. From early effo...

Curtis Dickinson cannot have upset too many people with his Budget yesterday, given that most of us are concerned mainly with how any changes will affect our own immediate financial wellbeing. That may well have been the political aim of the exercis...

Last week’s series on the Cayman Islands’ growth story sparked considerable debate among readers about how Bermuda can reinvigorate its own economy and raised some fundamental questions. Cayman and Bermuda have many similarities, as fellow British Ov...