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Bermuda has long had regulations designed to ensure that much of the transport of goods and materials is done by trucks, and not by tractor trailers. The rationale seems to have been twofold. One was to protect the small independent trucker. It was ...

Auditor General Heather Jacobs Matthews ends her special report on the misuse of public funds with this statement: “In my opinion, this entire situation is deplorable and represents a blatant disregard for the public purse and a lack of transparency ...

It’s not every day that you see an employer celebrating after its staff have achieved union recognition. But that’s what happened this week when the Corporation of Hamilton signed a collective bargaining agreement with the Bermuda Public Service Uni...

There rarely seems to be a time when the statement “Bermuda is different” is meant in a positive or exemplary way. Instead, it always seems to be as a rationale for shoddy service, poor performance or some other exception to the rule. It is difficul...

Yesterday’s announcement that some 30 more jobs will be lost at investment companies shows that the recession is far from over. And the loss of three jobs at the Bermuda Zoological Society shows how the recession is hurting the non-profit sector, ev...

Dr Joseph Froncioni has long been the leading advocate for making Bermuda’s roads safer. As a surgeon and later as chairman of the Road Safety Council, he saw too many examples of lives being lost or irreparably injured not to do something about it....

The controversy over restaurant potwashers being told to leave Bermuda within days only to then have the order reversed is government at its worst. According to Economy Minister Patrice Minors, work permit renewals and applications for potwashers an...

Two years ago, MPs rejected proposals to allow cruise ships to open their casinos while in port. That decision was taken against the background of a better economic picture than today’s, and in the midst of extreme bitterness over then Premier Dr Ewa...

The decision to exempt senior executives of companies that meet a range of good corporate citizen criteria have been welcomed, which is not a surprise. They show Government recognises that the current Immigration regime is hurting Bermuda’s economy. ...

Today The Royal Gazette reports on what passes for good news these days last year the number of road deaths fell to their lowest level since 2004. Nine deaths are still nine deaths too many, and it gives no relief to the families of the victims to kn...