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The thing about fourth-graders is . . . They may pull away their hand at school drop-off, but then at home ask if they can crawl into your bed to cuddle. They may beg you to buy them their own phone, but also find happiness in getting new Squishmallo...

Recently in the House of Assembly, more relief for our seniors was promised by the Premier and Minister of Finance, David Burt. The promise of additional support with the aim to make sure seniors homes can be sustainable in the long term may be accom...

There is a new bank in town for the first time in more than two decades! Jewel Bank has received its full bank and digital asset business licences from the Bermuda Monetary Authority, opening the door for it to service the digital-asset industry and ...

A few days ago a question was posed on a Facebook group that asked the following: “How many of you consider De Rock part of the Caribbean?” Ninety per cent of the answers were as follows; “Not!!!” “No way”. “Negative!!!”. No real surprises with the n...

When a pro-Trump mob laid siege to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, several people died and scores were injured, including some 140 police officers. Windows were smashed. Desks were overturned. Faeces were smeared on the Capitol’s walls. But the a...

Being a person in Bermuda identifying as LGBTQ+ undoubtedly can be a uniquely challenging experience that is rarely understood by others. Not only must we balance all the aspects of life that come with being human, but we must also face indescribable...

Across the Caribbean, except for oil-rich Trinidad & Tobago, electricity is already among the most expensive in the world — and it is only getting more expensive. In Saint Lucia, electricity prices have almost doubled in the past 30 years, and in the...

Recently, journalists and scholars have remarked on the double standards and racism embedded in US foreign policy. They point to the United States' swift denunciation of Russian atrocities in Ukraine, which have been described as shocking because th...

President George Washington, in his celebrated 1796 Farewell Address, cautioned that American democracy was fragile. “Cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of...

Whenever you read about the impact of plastic pollution, it’s scary to learn about the damage it does to our environment, particularly our ocean life. What is often overlooked, however, is much more disturbing. It is the impact plastic has on humans ...