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Bermuda, as we are all aware, is one of the smallest countries in the world: only 21 square miles of land set atop a reef, set atop an ancient volcano in the middle of Atlantic. This limits land available for agriculture, especially after housing nee...

This is a story about Jordan, a seven-year-old boy who lives in a two-bedroom apartment in a neighbourhood close to town, along with his mother, grandmother and three siblings. They all have to share one tiny bathroom. When Jordan was 5, he watched a...

Question: My five-year-old is constantly overwhelmed by any disappointment and life’s inherent unfairness. I try to walk the line between being sympathetic, being realistic — disappointment will always be there — and teaching her to overcome, but not...

The totalitarianism of the 21st century is being pioneered in a vast but remote region of western China inaccessible to most outsiders and subject to a media blackout by China’s Communist authorities. In Xinjiang province, twice the size of Germany, ...

When you visit your doctor, your life is quite literally in their hands. Doctors, by degree and experience, are paid to render a service. This service by nature has a deep level of trust embedded in its delivery, which is bestowed on the doctor by th...

Any democratic government operating on basic principles of transparency, decency and truth will need to walk that tightrope of balance, fully aware that it takes only a slip in the wrong direction to cause weakening of credibility, which is never eas...

The Women’s Resource Centre is not at all surprised by the recent conversational frenzy around recent comments made by national security minister Wayne Caines. This is what happens. There is an outcry around an incident and as soon as the dust settle...

Reminded that “it takes a village ...”, the Back to School Gathering at the Bermuda College took place last Thursday to promote the tandem between families and schools to the benefit of our island’s children. The gathering attracted upwards of 40 peo...

Colleges that have banned hard alcohol say the step has helped to combat some of the most pernicious effects of campus drinking. They report less consumption, fewer alcohol-induced medical transports, hospitalisations and arrests, as well as a decrea...

Educators, they being parents or teachers, sometimes show more appreciation for children for what they do than for who they are. They praise them when they get excellent grades from college and reproach them when they are low. However, we must value ...