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The dictionaries have decided on their 2018 words of the year. Oxford picked “toxic”. Merriam-Webster went for “justice”. Collins chose “single-use”. I’d zero in on “misgovernment”. Surely, 2018 saw a staggering number of countries woefully misruled ...

Bermuda has lost almost 40 acres of tourism-zoned land due to the conversion of vacation properties to homes. A review of the draft Bermuda Plan found that condominium development at hotels and the conversion of former hotels and guesthouses to apart...

When you start a journey in the wrong direction one can only hope to end up in the right place. On the issue of same-sex marriage, my dominant point is to separate religion from state. Ideas of marriage are religious in nature. Ideas of relationship...

I am not here to write about a white Christmas. Nor am I here to write about Rudolph. As a matter of fact, I am not here to write about the North Pole. Not at all. Perhaps, I could talk about our national addiction to eggnog — both the plain and the ...

Christmas is a time when we reflect on what has occurred over the past year and also look forward. In particular, we think with fond memory of those events which have brought us together with families and friends. As ever, people enjoyed celebrating ...

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan will be leaving Congress soon, surely to glide into a Wall Street sinecure where his extraordinary service to America’s overclass can be properly rewarded. But before he goes, Ryan has some legacy-polishing to do. Ryan’...

The Government has to get its accounts in order after “significant arrears” were found in financial statements covering a seven-year period, the Auditor-General said in a hard-hitting report released yesterday Heather Thomas said that 34 government o...

The West End Development Corporation is advising members of the public on the opening times of its offices and the Clocktower Mall. The Mall will be closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, New Year’s Day as well as January 3 and January 4 for mainte...

Opportunities existed for Bermuda despite tough new rules designed to crack down on international business, senators said yesterday. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs, said that although Bermuda was at the “top en...

Six further members of watchdog groups to scrutinise public spending were announced in the Senate yesterday. Members of the Upper House will join MPs in three parliamentary oversight committees to hold ministers and their departments to account in an...

Christmas shopping in “Back of Town” could help kick-start an economic revolution and cut crime, the chairman of a group set up to boost North Hamilton said yesterday. Charles O’Brien, chairman of Beacon Collections, the leader of the Back of Town d...

Three watchdog groups to scrutinise public spending will start work in the new year, the Speaker of the House of Assembly said. The Parliamentary Oversight Committees will hold ministers and their departments to account in an effort to get value for ...