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June 12, 2014 Dear Sir, Readers in Bermuda and those taking an interest in Bermuda’s affairs, know well that Bermuda cannot be reduced to the description ascribed to it by Mr Bill Maher last Friday night on his HBO show: “Real Time”. Mr Maher’s exac...

The struggling construction industry is to get a shot in the arm with a payroll tax concession, Premier Michael Dunkley announced tonight. “Since 2009, we have lost more than 1,200 jobs in this important sector — an unacceptable loss of work and oppo...

When you are in a hole the first thing you need to do to get out is stop digging. Ladies and gentleman, it looks like we have finally stopped digging (furiously, at least). While the economy has contracted for five straight years (2009-2013) we are a...

May 13, 2014 Dear Sir, Kevin Comeau has reiterated, in greater detail, what many others have claimed regarding the loss of IB [International Business]. However, he does not remind us that we are a racially divided society with the resulting hostiliti...

May 9, 2014 Dear Sir, For several years the PLP, and recently economist Craig Simmons (for whom I have much respect), have stated that Bermuda’s recession was caused by the global financial crisis. From that supposition, they have then suggested reme...

It’s axiomatic that in order to grow Bermuda’s stunted economy we will have to grow the population. It’s also axiomatic that any repetition of the unconstrained growth Bermuda experienced during the first decade of the 21st century will lead to an im...

Bermuda is on the road to economic recovery — despite the loss of more than 1,100 jobs, according to the latest Government figures. Bermuda College economics lecturer Craig Simmons said that there was evidence that Bermuda was becoming better value f...