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Quia timet. Fear of the unknown. A pre-emptive strike. It can be said with certainty now that freedom of the press — The Royal Gazette, in particular — to look into the goings-on of the fledgeling casino gaming industry in Bermuda is at the heart of ...

On occasion when planning a newspaper, editors face a quandary in making the decision over which of two viable candidates should be the lead story — or “the splash”. Such was the case on Friday in anticipation of the much awaited parliamentary debate...

Someone within the Bermuda Tourism Authority believes that an internal e-mail circulated by the chief executive that effectively takes The Royal Gazette to task for misleading the public is newsworthy. The leaker, whose future at the BTA must surely ...

Bermudians are, by and large, an independent, canny and resourceful people. In many ways we have long embodied what Theodore Roosevelt meant when he said that “far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work wor...

Few issues on the Bermuda political agenda have been as assiduously avoided and talked around in recent years as independence. For all practical purposes, the matter was filed and forgotten along with the final report of former premier Alex Scott’s 2...

It’s a “What if ...” question that can only be speculated upon but not definitively answered, at least not yet. And it’s one that is being increasingly asked given the likely convergence in the coming months of two seemingly unrelated but rather obvi...

Ever since union leader Chris Furbert let slip on Labour Day that someone “very dear to us” had his work permit expire and was waiting to learn if it would be renewed, the saga of the Reverend Nicholas Tweed has been played out like a highly predicta...

Mark Twain, that most American of American national treasures, celebrated what was to be his final Thanksgiving, in Bermuda on November 25, 1909. Already in failing health — he died the next March at the age of 74 — Twain dined with his Bermuda hosts...

Long-time Bermuda Press president Roger Davidson stewarded The Royal Gazette and its parent company through a long and hugely consequential period of change, growth and transition on a scale not seen since this newspaper was established in 1828. Mr D...

If Michael Dunkley did not feel particularly isolated in the House of Assembly by his own refusal to vote on the Human Rights Amendment Act 2016 on Friday, the fallout from the vote has left him on a veritable Gilligan’s Island. Not only has the Prem...