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It has been estimated that there were close to 2,500 incidents of stop-and-search in 2017, which works out to about seven a day. To a section of our community, that may be seven too many. But from where we sit, as the family of Danshun Swann, 25, mo...

Cup Match, remember that? The two-day cricket match that ended 17 days ago with Somerset securing their first innings defeat of St George’s for 70 years? Yes, that one. Well, apart from resident columnist Christopher Famous banging on unapologeticall...

When Vasco da Gama took the bold decision to introduce mandatory drug-testing for those who wish to play football for them in the coming season, clubs, sporting associations and politicians went ducking for cover. Not a peep could be heard from them ...

What we discovered amid the long-running soap opera that was Shelly Bay Beach was the scope for Bermudian antipathy towards one of the two pillars of our economy when it gets too close to home. An island that advertises itself as possessing many and ...

As the inquest gathers pace into the historic innings defeat that St George’s suffered at the hands of Somerset in the 117th annual Cup Match classic, there are a number of factors that could be pointed to which would not be too far wide of the mark....

This is Cup Match week. The teams have been selected, Somerset Cricket Club and its grounds are being made to look smart, and revellers are at the ready for festivities all over the island. The buzz of excitement is palpable. The hope is that we have...

A week on Friday, the camps of Somerset or St George’s will enter the second day of Cup Match feeling pretty good about their chances of winning the 2018 classic. Last year, inclement weather put paid to chances of a result, despite the challengers s...

Journalism can make a positive difference. While the value of the free press is sometimes underappreciated by those who dismiss significant stories as “negative”, the end result of airing even an ugly truth is often a win for the community. That is h...

John Rankin has had a pretty rough time of it from the moment he was sworn in as Governor of Bermuda — a mere ten days after civil unrest, literally on the streets of Parliament. Starting from the fallout of December 2, 2016, a date that will be infa...

One step forward, two steps backward. Push, pull. Accusation, counter-accusation. Punch, counterpunch. Just when we think we’re getting somewhere, actually we’re not. This entire mess over Bermuda’s political leaders tearing strips out of the country...