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“He not busy being born is busy dying” This quote from Bob Dylan speaks to the capacity of humans to decide how we navigate our life journeys. The following is an example of people “busy being born” — 60 years ago. On February 8, 1959, after more th...

James “Dick” Richards overcame the loss of his parents at an early age and a childhood of poverty in his native Jamaica to become one of Bermuda’s richest black men. He was reportedly the first black person in Bermuda to have a hotel licence and was ...

Welcome back. We pick up Bermuda’s policymaking trail having just left the deliberations of our Financial Policy Council in 2017. In this particular meeting, our panel of external experts has advised the Bermuda Government in clear and unequivocal te...

In conjunction with Bermudabiographies.bm, The Royal Gazette is featuring a series on prominent people who have made a contribution to Bermuda in all spheres. Bermudabiographies.bm was created by veteran journalist Meredith Ebbin. Dame Lois Browne-E...

We live in an era rich with sexual documentary evidence. Mass text-messaging combined with the rapid spread of handheld cameras and photo-sharing technology have produced a world where every sexual relationship has a much higher likelihood of produci...

“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.” — Daniel Patrick Moynihan In a world where information is at our fingertips, we battle against false claims nearly as much as we work to educate ourselves. I’m not — nor do I claim to...

Here we go again: Britain’s Parliament is debating Brexit and Prime Minister Theresa May is playing for more time as various factions try to influence the endgame. Her goal is to deliver her divorce deal without dividing her party. So what’s new? For...

Did you know that some of Bermuda’s most valuable natural resources are hidden just out of sight? They are there, beneath the surface of our beautiful, azure waters. Those murky brown shapes seen above the water are a wonderland of vibrant colours an...

In his submission to the Blue Ribbon Panel, Bermuda Industrial Union president Chris Furbert admitted that Bermuda needed a new airport, but then declared that “if it should result in any cost to the taxpayer, the answer is no”. The question, therefo...

“Partial truths or half-truths are often more insidious than total falsehoods” — Samuel P. Huntington “Remember, Jerry, it’s not a lie if you believe it” — George Costanza (Seinfeld) The Pre-Budget Report released by the Ministry of Finance on Janua...