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It was one of those watershed moments in world history that gave the slow march of events in Bermuda an abrupt push in a new and entirely unexpected direction. Britain’s final acceptance and recognition of American Independence in 1783 meant, among o...

At last, it’s under way. The work of the Commission of Inquiry into the Auditor-General’s scathing reports on the Bermuda Government’s finances between 2010 and 2012 has started. Expectations from the public will be high — and rightly so. The slipsho...

“Passion for this great game, commitment, unity, hard work, courage and the pride of playing for our country, drives us. “Now we are representing our country on the international stage, the players are very committed and eager to achieve a clear goal...

Generally speaking, you actually are what you eat. And if you eat a diet consistently high in sugar, processed food and saturated fat, you are more likely than not a diabetic-in-waiting. The prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Bermuda, at once one of th...

Bermuda was once more caught up in an indiscriminate hail of fire loosely aimed at offshore financial centres this week after the global coverage of tax avoidance by wealthy people known as the Panama Papers. Bermuda was not mentioned in the stories ...

As Somerset Trojans prepared to bow out of the Caribbean Club Championship in Haiti in late February, coach Kieshon Smith reopened a very stale can of worms. Not unimportant, mind, but stale all the same, for the lack of attention given to his concer...

Mark Twain, arguably Bermuda’s first and most celebrated repeat visitor, didn’t overstate matters at all when he remarked that lack of money is actually the root of all evil. Twain’s wry assessment is borne out by the direct and indirect effects of t...

When Bermuda reaches a world-class level in any field, it is something that should be celebrated. Last week, this scale of achievement occurred, but it would have gone unnoticed by many. There were no medals awarded, no pomp and ceremony. That’s per...

In the throes of the work stoppage that brought Bermuda to a standstill, rumours circulated that senior persons in the Progressive Labour Party and Bermuda Industrial Union had a bit of a falling out over how to proceed, especially with the Governmen...

Bermuda was once known as the “Easter Isle” for a million or so good reasons. From the late 19th century until the early 1960s, that was the number of lily blooms and bulbs the island exported to North America and other parts of the world every Easte...