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On May 8, my wife and I pulled into a local gas station and filled the family car’s tank. It wasn't intended as a smart move, nor did it result from a premonition. It was just dumb luck. Within 24 hours, we were driving past gas stations with yellow ...

I was fortunate to have encountered the late Margaret Thatcher in person at the turn of the millennium. I recall a speech where the British prime minister laid her concerns that rogue nations were on the rise and becoming so powerful that they had ra...

The slogan above is of a campaign addressing the pandemic, based on the realities underlying the circumstances. The six-month campaign, championed by India and South Africa has been pushing for the World Trade Organisation to allow for a temporary wa...

“Many people are dying.” Pralhad tells me. He pauses. “But it is not useful to be paralysed. We must act.” Pralhad Dhakal, our Nepal country director, Maddy Vaughan, our chief executive, and I are on WhatsApp most days as the situation escalates. Pr...

On April 15, Indianapolis police arrived at the FedEx ground facility where a former employee shot and killed eight people, and wounded several others. About 90 per cent of the workers at the FedEx warehouse are members of the local Sikh community, a...

Many persons have heard of Captain Jimmy Darrell, whose his excellent work with the British Royal Navy and role as a sea captain navigating the treacherous channels of Bermuda earned him his freedom and ownership of property. Virtually no one has hea...

Eliza Jane Lusher was born 15 years before the abolition of slavery. History tells us that she was a woman of fearless courage whose work during two yellow fever epidemics sets her apart in the history of Bermuda’s nurses. When she married John Henry...

“A domino effect or chain reaction is the cumulative effect produced when one event sets off a chain of similar events.” At the point of crossroads, individuals or groups have to decide which path they will follow. Some paths may be well paved; ...

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...

Bermuda is grappling with a second pandemic and, just as with Covid-19, there is a potential remedy available to reduce the spread and eliminate associated risks. This second “pandemic” is a lack of community support that equates to a reluctance of ...