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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...

A furore has arisen over the decision to place a temporary executive principal at Prospect Primary School. This has occurred because the Ministry of Education has become concerned about underperformance at the school and test scores have shown interv...

Last week’s Quarterly Bulletin of Statistics did not reveal much that was already known about the economy but the statistics demonstrated that in the third quarter of 2011, the recession deepened substantially. There was some good news. Tourism edge...