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And while David Burt and Kim Wilson self-righteously scolded, Bermuda burnt. Does anyone really believe that a curfew from 12.30am to 5am that can only be described as weak tea at best rises to the occasion of the crisis at hand? With the Delta varia...

Upon the recent anniversary of 9/11 a few days ago, I sat down to place my thoughts on paper. We can all recall our own 9/11 stories and moments — those of us who were counted among the living then and old enough to discern what was happening before ...

“The Treasury Department said officials from its Office of Tax Policy were ‛heartened by the positive reception to its proposals and the unprecedented progress being made towards establishing a global minimum tax’” — Reuters The fictions...

“While there is a view that tax avoidance are laws of nature the reality is different. Nothing inherent in globalisation prevents governments from taxing profits at a high rate is they so wish. Instead of competition, governments can choose co-or...

“Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has been clear since her confirmation hearing and subsequent press appearances that the Biden Administration needs to raise new tax revenues…Part of the solution is reforming the corporate tax rate- not just in t...

“The Royal Family is an institution rooted in colonialism, White supremacy and racism. The legacy is right there.” Shola Mos-Shagbamimu ( Good Morning Britain) “The British slave trade ended in 1807, and slavery in 1833. However, rac...

The European Parliament, by a 587-50 vote, passed a resolution two weeks ago calling for the automatic inclusion on the blacklist of countries that use a 0 per cent tax regime. They undoubtedly have British territories such as Bermuda and Cayman Isla...

“The Bermuda model is broken” — economist Robert Stubbs “But if we called it income tax instead of payroll tax we could deduct that from our US income tax. And Bermuda would have an income tax and get everybody off our back. Just a litt...

That white males earn 70 per cent more than black men in the category of personal income with respect to full-time employment of those aged 16 and above in the 2016 census should be pause for significant concern. Similarly, the companion statistic t...

I’ve never been to Vegas, unlike perhaps thousands of my fellow Bermudians. Although I have a cousin who loves it so much she recently got married there. Nor have I been to Atlantic City. I suspect you’ve guessed by now that I am not the gambling ty...