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Because this is a subject that has been discussed at length before, its important to establish several points at the beginning. The first is that the service at the Transport Control Department and the vehicle testing centre is vastly improved, both...

Shadow Minister for Seniors Louise Jackson has said that many pensioners would be getting a surprise this week when they received land tax bills as their 100 percent exemption was removed. Mrs Jackson was not overly critical of the Government for th...

Rating Bermuda’s performance in the London Olympics — or any sporting event for that matter — is not a job for the fainthearted, as The Royal Gazette’s sports department found out last week. Comments that Bermuda fell short of medalling and that the...

Last week’s story about the decline in employment income, and therefore payroll tax revenues, is yet another sign of the continuing decline of the economy. These statistics always need to be considered with some care. They are subject to revision, an...

Every four years, the voices of angry TV watchers can be heard cursing the quality of Olympic coverage in Bermuda. At one time, this was directed towards the apparent bias of US networks, which fed viewers two weeks of tub-thumping about the superior...

Chief Justice Ian Kawaley’s decision last week to block the transfer of two school principals was a remarkable victory for parents. Care has to be taken not to overstate its importance, but it seems likely that it means that the Ministry of Education...

You can't have a fight if only side participates, so Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush's decision to attack Premier Paula Cox in an open letter this week is likely to go nowhere. Premier Cox has wisely chosen not to join in the fight. The times a...

Saturday’s story about Bermuda’s four-year water shortage was another example of why Bermuda must continue to focus on the issue of ensuring that the Island has an adequate supply of fresh water. In 2006, Bermuda recorded 62 inches of rain, the highe...

Question: If Bermuda takes more than a decade to revise a bus schedule, how does it manage to solve much more difficult and complex problems? Answer: It doesn’t. The fact that Bermuda has failed for more than a decade to devise a new bus schedule ha...

Healthcare is expensive and getting more so, according to a report issued last week. According to the national health accounts issued by the Bermuda Health Council, we spend $678 million on healthcare each year. That’s 10.8 percent of gross domestic ...