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A great deal has changed in recent decades, in educating our young people to meet various challenges along the path of life. Most would agree that there have been major strides in technology and teaching techniques, designed to better equip students ...

Recently, the Caribbean island of Grand Cayman served as the host for the 43rd Annual Commonwealth Parliamentary Association’s Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic region conference. The conference ran from June 16 to 23. Nearly 100 delegates from almost...

I wanted to write a follow-up to my previous opinion, titled “The campaign for equality”, which was published on May 7 of this year. A comment was made that I felt needed answering in greater detail. The comment was this: “Why is the United Nations a...

On Friday, the Minister of Health announced that the Customs Tariff Amendment (No 2) Bill 2018, more commonly referred to as the Sugar Tax Bill, would be amended during the debate to take into account “further consideration of the consultation feedba...

The world’s first Ocean Risk Summit held in Bermuda recently drew leaders from across political, economic, environmental and risk sectors to identify the potential exposures to ocean-related risk and tackle its broad-ranging consequences. Scientis...

The past few weeks have provided an invaluable insight into what some of the electorate are talking about and what their concerns really are. Every time I stop and talk to the voters in Warwick North East, the same issues crop up: affordable healthca...

Do you remember being little? All the doting relatives asking what you were going to be when you grow up. Young children are always so truthful, so sincere, and breathtakingly honest. Some children say they want to be a diver, while others it was to ...

A few months ago, I was given a message that I had been summoned to the court of Edwena Smith at her stately home on Montpelier Road in Devonshire. For those who didn’t know, Mrs Smith was a legendary teacher of Latin at the Berkeley Institute from 1...

In January I wrote two opinion pieces on the proposed sugar tax. Given that the Government has now laid the Customs Tariff Amendment (No. 2) Act 2018 before the House of Assembly, it is worth reminding you of what the World Health Organisation recomm...

“When you hear about slavery for 400 years. For 400 years?! That sounds like a choice.” These were words spoken by American entertainer Kanye West that speak to the complete lack of knowledge of the true horrors of 500 years of European colonialism ...