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The decision to bring in a consultant to review Bermuda’s corrections system is the right one. The level of unhappiness among prison officers, and their stated concerns about their own safety, means it makes sense to have someone from outside the sy...

Yesterday, The Royal Gazette launched a campaign to raise $1m for the New Beginnings Education Trust so it can continue to run programmes for the benefit of the young people of Bermuda. The target is by far our most ambitious to date. The campaign ha...

The recent report on drug use among school students gave some reason for cheer, since the survey showed that its prevalence is lower than it was the last time a survey was done in 2007. But the fact that more than half the students have drunk alcoho...

Two reports released recently show how Bermuda is failing to recover from the recession. The Bermuda Labour Market Survey reported that there was a net loss of 700 jobs last year, including 100 held by Bermudians. In three years, 2,800 jobs have been...

In a letter in today’s newspaper, Nicola Feldman, of The Coalition for the Protection of Children, calls for the introduction of a Poverty Reduction Strategy Plan. In an editorial last week, this newspaper called for the consideration of a ‘poverty s...

Throughout the week, we have been highlighting how it is becoming increasingly difficult for many people in Bermuda to make ends meet. This newspaper’s The Cost of Living series has shown how electricity bills have gone up 70 percent in eight years, ...

Public Works Minister Michael Weeks has said he will consider releasing the report into how the $4.1 million thruster wall at Heritage Wharf in Dockyard was damaged. He needs to do so as a matter of urgency, and he also needs to release all the info...

It would be nice to think that the increase in the February Retail Sales Index in value terms over the same month in 2011 is a harbinger of the long awaited economic recovery. Sales rose by 0.2 percent in February, the first year over year increase ...

There have been occasions when it has been necessary to close the comment section on specific stories on our website, www.royalgazette.com. People have asked why, often complaining that it is stopping their right of freedom of speech. We strive to gi...

In most people’s minds, Good Friday is associated with religion, kites, marbles and fishcakes, but for many it will also be tied to the brutal murder of Kimwandae Walker on Victor Scott Primary School’s field during a community day. That unsolved mur...