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Dear Sir, As we enter Phase 2, I feel we must return to the topic of Bermuda’s unsustainable tax and spending imbalances. We face difficult choices from an internal perspective as well as rising external pressures. There will always being a reason t...

Bermuda has turned into a violent country. Statistically, that is what our homicide numbers are portraying us as. Our murder rate per capita is higher than Canada, Britain, and most countries in Europe. Our ten-year average trend, dating back to 201...

Dear Sir, During the global Covid-19 pandemic I have been following Bermuda’s progress from afar with concern for family and friends on the island. I am relieved to note that the active-cases number appears to be consistently falling after the recent...

The period of the 1940s through to the early 1960s saw tremendous movements in Africa inspired by many new activists such as Kwame Nkrumah, of Ghana, Patrice Lamumba, of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Jomo Kenyatta, of Kenya, to name a few. Th...

On any given day, those who operate food shelters and deliver to the needy are constantly asked the question, "When will things get back to normal?” I assist at a food shelter, so I hear your questions and concerns first-hand. Thousands of Bermudian...

The Royal Naval Hospital in Ireland Island South, Bermuda, was built in 1818 for the sick and wounded seamen and marines of Her Majesty’s Ships. It was also used for the artisans employed on Ireland Island. It was designed with four wards, each holdi...

The Government lifted certain Covid-19 restrictions last Friday night. The change that stood out to me was stated in the Saturday Royal Gazette: “The relaxation will allow Bermuda College and public and private schools to reopen to let students an...

Human societies undergo shifts from time to time; for the better or the worse. The sources of those shifts are never fully understood — shrouded in some mystery. In the spring of 1981, during a dispute that mushroomed into a general strike, there...

“Honour thy mother and thy father so that your days may be long upon the Earth” That biblical verse is a principle that has been upheld in varying degrees by many societies and traditions. Its observation was long estblished on empirical evidenc...

Dear Sir, There is so much disagreement among my family, friends and colleagues regarding the measures adopted by governments to manage Covid. After these discussions, I’m often left feeling that I should tone down my criticism of the measures adopte...