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Norbert Simons first met Clevonte Lodge-Bean when he was a student at Whitney Institute Middle School. Mr Simons, a teacher and athletics coach, recognised immediately that the young man, not yet in his teens, had a rare talent for sprinting — still ...

Just six weeks ago, on October 5, Bermuda had a total of two active Covid-19 cases, the lowest number since the pandemic took hold. As of yesterday, there were 19 active cases, but the number had risen to as high as 27 at one point this month. Fortun...

On the heels of its historic mandate, the Government laid out an ambitious programme in its Throne Speech delivered last Friday in the Town of St George. Four hundred years after Bermuda’s legislature met in St Peter’s Church for the first time, the ...

Cole Simons’s accession as leader of the One Bermuda Alliance, and therefore Leader of the Opposition, signals that the party is beginning to accept its humbling at the polls on October 1 and is beginning the long process of rebuilding. That rebuildi...

Thanks to new statistics, it is possible to better gauge just how damaging the Covid-19 lockdown was to the economy and what the prospects for economic recovery are. Overall, the damage done was very high, but it was also varied. Tourism and related ...

Victors of landslide election victories do not often get stark reminders of the limits of power within days of their election triumph, but that is what happened to the Progressive Labour Party last week with the controversy over the Rolfe Commissiong...

Cognitive dissonance is defined as the state of having inconsistent thoughts. If you have been experiencing this feeling since David Burt announced his new Cabinet on Thursday, you are not alone. Here’s why. In August, Rolfe Commissiong resigned th...

Psychologists have identified five stages to the grieving process. They are denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. A week after the One Bermuda Alliance’s catastrophic General Election defeat, its leaders are still stuck on denial. T...

David Burt, the Premier, was entitled to some time off after his massive election victory last week. But soon enough, he needs to get back to work. The first order of business is to appoint a Cabinet, which he has promised by Thursday. Mr Burt is sp...

Give credit to David Burt. The Premier is a master politician. When he called the General Election five weeks ago, he caught the One Bermuda Alliance on the back foot, placed a figurative noose around the neck of the barely nascent Free Democratic M...