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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 ...

Let me offer a qualified commendation to the Bermuda Industrial Union for its two-page presentation in The Royal Gazette on Tuesday, headlined “Bermuda High Cost of Living (compared to Switzerland, Norway, Ireland and Bahamas)”. To be clear, I’m not...

After reading about the well-warranted protest over the imaging clinic, the thought came to mind of the adage “the more things change, the more they remain the same”. As a jurisdiction and society, one would think we are evolving and that things in t...

Some 30-plus years ago, I had to pass a few tests when I was introduced to two strong Bailey’s Bay women. Both of whom were taller than me. Even before I got to sit down, I was asked some pertinent questions. Mother: “So, where are you from, youn...

Several years ago, I stood at my stainless steel autopsy table staring at a tiny bundle swaddled in white cotton. I had never performed an autopsy on a baby before. Medical records indicated the four-month-old died after 30 hours of fever and excruci...

The Royal Gazette article written by Jonathan Bell and published on May 27, 2022 stated “preserving histories of schools facing closure under public education reforms is to go ahead with the selection of members for a history and legacy committee”. I...

“Bad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age” — General Colin Powell The specifics of the Fairmont Southampton “done deal” are slowly emerging. It points to why there was so much secrecy involved in the first place and realises our worst...

Moving the Champions League football final to Paris from the Gazprom Arena in St Petersburg was supposed to be a diplomatic poke in the eye for Vladimir Putin. It has instead turned into a post-pandemic stress test of the French capital’s ability to ...

The colloquial term “24th of May” and the vanishing term “the Queen’s Birthday” have become embedded local tradition and is deservedly now called Bermuda Day. For people like me, it’s the marathon (half-marathon); for others, it’s the day the boats t...

One of the ironies of Russia's war against Ukraine — ostensibly fought to prevent that nation from joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation — has been its impact on two of Europe’s traditionally neutral states, Finland and Sweden. On May 18, ju...