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Retail sales plunged again in February, dropping 8.8 percent in real terms compared to 2010 and marking the 34th consecutive month that they were in decline. This came after a poll in this newspaper that showed that around ten percent of the responde...

Another weekend, another murder. The shooting death, almost assassination style, of David Clarke on Sunday night is yet another sign that the violent crime which has afflicted Bermuda for the last 18 months is not over and may be entering a new phas...

Hope always springs for tourism around this time of year. Too often, those same hopes are dashed by the end of the year, and the excuses have begun. There’s some reason to think that this year might be different but there are danger signs as well. T...

One poll does not make a politician’s career, and it doesn’t break it either. But Premier Paula Cox and the Progressive Labour Party should be concerned about the rapid drop in popularity of both the Premier and the party in the latest polls from Min...

(Reuters) Japan’s triple calamity of a huge earthquake, tsunami and a nuclear crisis has prompted an outpouring of sympathy, but that could turn to frustration if Tokyo fails to get the worst nuclear disaster in 25 years under control in coming month...

Almost six years ago, there were scenes of jubilation in Ireland and Bermuda when the Island’s cricketers secured qualification to the World Cup for the first time ever. Yesterday was very different. Bermuda was relegated to Division III of the Inte...

The Royal Gazette’s exclusive interview last week with Henry Bellingham, the UK Minister responsible for British Overseas Territories, suggests that relations between the Island the UK are improving. The Conservative Party, the senior partner in the...

Had someone suggested in 2006 that people should be offered money for turning in guns, they would have been laughed out of the room. That’s because the idea of rewarding a person for criminal behaviour the possession of a firearm goes against all the...

Friday’s announcement that the Ross (Blackie) Talbot Charity Classic golf tournament will end after next year is very disappointing. Clement Talbot, the driving force behind the charity event that was named for his music legend father, deserves enor...

Everyone knows that Government spending needs to be cut, and most people are willing to take some of the pain as long as it is shared equally. On that basis, it only makes sense to start at the top. When Lee Iacocca took over financially troubled Chr...