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“In politics, a big tent or catch-all party is a political party seeking to attract people with diverse viewpoints and thus appealing to more of the electorate. This is accomplished by appealing to a very limited number of issues, characteristics and...

Ethiopia’s rulers have redoubled a repressive policy that is failing. Instead of looking for ways to alleviate the pent-up frustrations of the ethnic Oromo and Amhara populations that spilt out in demonstrations over the past 11 months, a six-month s...

Michael Dunkley praised the resilience of the people as Bermuda weathered one of its toughest ever storms. Winds of more than 120mph may have been a shock to many — as Hurricane Nicole leapt quickly from Category 1 to Category 4 — but the Premier sai...

Soldiers from the Royal Bermuda Regiment teams hit the highways early today in the wake of Hurricane Nicole. Major Andrew Clarke, Chief of Staff and Operations Officer at the nerve centre of the RBR hurricane operation, said: “Bermuda has weathered t...

Dear Sir, As a visitor to the island, it was with interest that I read Khalid Wasi’s opinion piece in the October 11 Royal Gazette. This phenomenon is not just a Bermuda occurrence but a global one, as highlighted in Sarah Chayes’s recent book Thieve...

Allan DeSilva, the senior vice-president of Island Construction, was granted permission not to appear before the Commission of Inquiry yesterday, claiming lawful privilege as his answers could expose him to the possibility of prosecution. Sir Anthony...

The company responsible for conducting annual safety and emissions inspections on vehicles in Bermuda yesterday failed to comply with a fresh summons to produce documents to the Commission of Inquiry. And a lawyer for Bermuda Emissions Control Limite...

A “misunderstanding” at the heart of disputes over the Government’s plans for a new airport terminal was discussed at length before yesterday’s Commission of Inquiry. Anthony Manders, the Financial Secretary, told the commission he had never been in ...

As Bermuda continues its journey towards a more inclusive society, one of the lingering obstacles is the struggle to eliminate leftover emotional fences stemming mainly from a past of social injustice. This even though much has been achieved in the b...

Dear Sir, A quagmire of corruption, with the slave perception enunciated, will not blind the law with pity or considerations. Facts are facts, and as the Commission of Inquiry proceeds, all will be revealed for us to know why our beautiful little isl...

Dear Sir, The following is an open letter to Derrick Burgess. If Narinder Hargun is “from South Africa” — a big “if” — he would have lived at least 30 years under apartheid. As one who would have been classified as Indian under that regime, he would ...

I do not want to prejudice anything going on with the Commission of Inquiry, but I should be able to speak to the periphery when the news lead story can say that Derrick Burgess blasts the CoI under the pretext of re-enacting slavery and lynch mobs. ...