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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...

Bermuda could learn a thing or two from our fellow British Overseas Territory, the Cayman Islands. There are many similarities between the two of us, but it is clear that Cayman has been outperforming us economically since the global financial crisis...

“In a democratic country possessing representative institutions, sometimes it is necessary to defer to the opinions of other people.”;— Winston Churchill For a full week the drumbeat of discontent grew louder by the day; not just on the streets of H...

Government should listen to the people. That’s what we’ve been hearing from protesters in the grounds of the House of Assembly this week and they are, of course, right. That is the whole purpose of our democratic system: that the electorate can insta...

Yesterday presented yet another sign that Bermuda is hurtling uncontrollably towards a status that is not of the First World variety that we often claim to possess. It did not require a high-priced sleuth to figure out that Chris Furbert and the Reve...

It’s time to step back from the threatening brinkmanship which has been masquerading as political discourse in Bermuda in recent weeks. It’s time to dispense with the overheated rhetoric and sometimes ludicrously overblown claims and counterclaims s...

The right to publicly express one’s views is a tenet of democracy. In recent times in Bermuda, we have seen demonstrations on issues including same-sex marriage, public-sector furloughs and immigration policy. For people to openly express their opini...

A hand-lettered sign was recently erected near the entrance to Hamilton, one both heartfelt and heartbreaking. It was a plea to save Gilbert Institute after the release of an education ministry reorganisation plan that included the Paget Parish prim...