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As Hurricane Teddy disappears into the rear-view mirror, older readers may have remarked on the increased frequency of hurricanes, both targeting Bermuda and more generally. Hurricane experts have already named the most recent hurricanes Alpha and B...

The Premier is often called, sometimes sincerely and sometimes ironically, “the brilliant David Burt”. And certainly the Premier does sometimes give the impression of believing he is the brightest person in any room. That’s fine to the extent that s...

The retirement of veteran Opposition MP Trevor Moniz has forced a by-election in the constituency of Smith’s West. Former senator Vic Ball is running for the One Bermuda Alliance, while an announcement from the governing Progressive Labour Party is e...

David Burt and his government have been given a good deal of credit for their handling of the coronavirus crisis, and rightly so. But Mr Burt faces a greater challenge now with the economy, and it’s one that his government was struggling with before...

In the recent Cabinet shuffle, David Burt took on responsibility for tourism, having already taken charge of economic development in an earlier round of appointments. Doing so creates some risks for the Premier. There is no doubt that these two por...

Almost lost amid the controversy, the debate and the mudslinging of a sexual-abuse sentencing hearing has been the person most central to the case — the victim. A 13-year-old girl who more than likely will be scarred for life by the events of last ye...

Most Bermudians will have been riveted to the tragedy unfolding in the United States since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. His death has been rightly condemned throughout the US — if smartphones have one virtue, it is that it makes this kin...

Bermuda is facing financial disaster as a result of the coronavirus crisis — a recession that will make the Great Recession of 2008 look positively buoyant by comparison. This is not hyperbole; it is the only conclusion that can be drawn from Curtis...

Although Bermuda and the world are consumed, rightly, with the Covid-19 crisis now, it will come to an end, and at that time other problems and policy issues facing Bermuda will return. One such issue is education, and more particularly, public educ...

For all but the most introverted among us, humans are social beings, gathering together to talk, work, worship, dance, commune with nature, learn and, often, just enjoy being in one another’s company. This communion of souls does not simply serve as...