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Premier Paula Cox came in to office a year ago facing three major challenges. The first was to differentiate herself from her predecessor, Dr Ewart Brown, the second to try to resolve the Island’s gang violence crisis and the third, and most importan...

MP Charlie Swan has called on Public Works Minister and Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess to resign over the Global House lights scandal. That’s a heavy demand and not one that should be made lightly. The Minister concerned should either have been dish...

Plans to reform Bermuda’s healthcare system seem to be progressing, with the publication last week of public feedback to the proposals and the appointment of task forces to now start putting place changes. As Health Minister Zane DeSilva said, no on...

The ongoing legal dispute between Digicel and its competitors in the telecommunications field proves that the aching slow process of reform in the sector is hampering Bermuda’s ability to offer high quality and lower cost services to residents and bu...

New indicators this week prove that the economy is still getting worse. To be sure, the Retail Sales Index for August edged up in nominal terms year over year for the first time in three years and any sign of improvement is welcome. But it fell in ...

This newspaper’s report on Monday about the retrofitting of lights in Global House is, regrettably, just the latest example of the utter failure of Government to look after the public’s money. Compared to the multimillion dollar excesses on some Gove...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and it’s a good time to look at the progress that has been made in preventing and treating this terrible illness. While there is no room for complacency, it is heartening that much has been achieved. In the U...

A census is designed to give a snapshot of a country at a given time. As such, it is helpful as a means of seeing where a country stands, and identifying or confirming trends and changes over time. While a Census must normally last ten years, it beco...