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Every so often Government is called upon to privatise aspects of its operations so as to achieve greater efficiencies. These calls are typically made around budget time and they almost invariably emanate from right of centre commentators and politici...

It is a new year, new beginning, new ideas, and time to clean up the old clutter, organise your finances, and plan again for success. The song Auld Lang Syne has been traditional for many, many years. The words (originally, a poem) signify the start...

It’s 2011 let’s stop beating around the bush to find answers when it comes to all of our sports here in Bermuda. While our Government may seem to have put sports on the back burner by relinquishing our portfolio status, I’m here to declare that sport...

As another group of Bermuda Regiment recruits prepares for camp and the necessary training, we should revisit the primary means of recruitment today conscription with a view toward its abolition. There may well have been historical justification for...

“Spend more time remedying and you will spend less time regretting” Life's Little Instruction Calendar 2010. My wishes for the New Year, Mr. Editor, will come as no surprise to anyone. They are the unfulfilled wishes of 2010 and they centre, as alwa...

As 2010 draws to an end we now shift our focus to the year ahead. Many of us will be making New Year's resolutions in the hope of fighting what sometimes seem like personal demons; I will, instead, share my wish list for Bermuda in 2011. 1. While we...

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. To get somewhere in life, we need to know which way we are heading and a roadmap of how to get there. For some reason, so many of us leave our most important decisions to chance. Or we caught-up in the details a...

Part 2 The Way We Were - The Tech Bubble Reached the Bursting Point Commentary on the last 12 Years of Individual (and Institutional) Investor Growth in Bermuda The financial investments suitcase salesmen strolled in and raced out, some never to be s...

After reading The Royal Gazette article this past Monday regarding the Chris Douglas announcement of withdrawing from the national squad, I couldn't resist probing into the matter further. This news has personally left me distraught and a bit panic-...

“Cheer up, the worst is yet to come” Philander Chase Johnson (Yes, a real person, an American journalist and humourist, now deceased). There’s no need for me to pile on, Mr. Editor, but let’s just say that I am not at a loss for words over the rec...