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Wait? It’s the middle of December?!? As years go, 2020 has certainly been infamous. 2020: double digits now etched on our collective psyche. Infamous. Yet, to me at least, 2020 also went by remarkably quickly. The past 12 months have sped by faster t...

Christopher Famous wrote an opinion last week about the new airport terminal and the events surrounding the passage of legislation. This opinion provides another look at the matter and provides facts that the Progressive Labour Party overlooks. Decem...

Supporters of ousted US President Donald Trump plan a ’victory’ cruise to Bermuda, despite last month’s loss to challenger Joe Biden, The Royal Gazette can reveal. The organiser of the four-day trip runs a website called The Patriot Voice. The trip ...

This country has opened its new state-of-the-art, 21st-century-and-beyond, iconic airport on Wednesday. A total of 885 Bermudians have worked on the site since construction started in 2017 and about 400 island companies got work from this major proje...

The total cost of the new airport project reached almost $400 million - but airport operators Skyport said the expenditure was included in the original plan. A Skyport spokeswoman said the construction contract price for the new terminal was $274.4 m...

“Every time I hear the crack of a whip My blood runs cold” — Bob Marley Every time that many Bermudians drive or walk near the gates of the House of Assembly on Reid Street or Parliament Street, their blood runs cold. Deep in their sou...

More than three weeks ago, I came across a story that raised a red flag over the prospects of a resumption of the cruise ship industry upon which Bermuda depends on for at least 80 per cent of its visitor traffic to the island between April and Nove...

A streamlined system for overseas buyers to acquire homes in Bermuda has been approved by MPs. Wayne Furbert, the Cabinet Office minister said the legislation would "better facilitate the sale of property to international buyers". Mr Furbert added th...

The assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the Iranian nuclear scientist considered the father of the Islamic Republic's nuclear weapons programme, has been widely attributed to Israel, which has not claimed responsibility. Different theories have been...

The Premier today released details of costs for Government and Opposition personal staff for the last financial year. The top earner was Owen Darrell, David Burt’s Chief of Staff, on $127,619 a year in 2019-20. Mr Burt’s other expenses included a hou...

A former Cabinet minister has been appointed to a newly created role at the helm of Belco’s parent company. Wayne Caines will be Ascendant president from Monday. A company spokesman said: “The new role comes following the acquisition of Ascendant by ...

Numbers are important, sure, and our number of parliamentary representatives — 47 in total — is an issue that crops up for debate every now and again. A regular reader, and good friend, very recently raised the issue after columns that I had written...