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“Bad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age” — General Colin Powell The specifics of the Fairmont Southampton “done deal” are slowly emerging. It points to why there was so much secrecy involved in the first place and realises our worst...

Dear Sir, Why is it that all politicians have selective memories? Maybe some have not been around as long as some of our senior citizens. May I remind the government senator Owen Darrell (“Forget me not: the OBA’s amnesia” — The Royal Gazette, May 24...

The highly controversial Travel Authorisation form will stay in place even if all other emergency Covid measures are dropped because the Government needs the money it generates, a senator has said. Arianna Hodgson, junior health and finance minister,...

A public clash over trade union decertification that sparked threats of industrial action last year “should have been handled better”, the Government and the Bermuda Industrial Unions have agreed. David Burt, the Premier, said yesterday the two sides...

A longstanding hospitality worker who became a hotel chef at a time when few women could be found in the trade was also a union and Progressive Labour Party stalwart. A proud lifelong Somerset resident, Viola “Pinky” Rogers embarked on hotel work in ...

The One Bermuda Alliance’s latest ill-conceived strategy is that we forget what it has done, and forget the damage it has caused to our country while seeking to block progress and change. History cannot be rewritten. It wants you to forget that it ...

During this week’s epic Senate debate, the One Bermuda Alliance made a point of saying that the Fairmont Southampton project would cause 60 per cent of the construction workers on site to be non-Bermudian. Not sure how it can speak to percentages, as...

All of Bermuda, regardless of political orientation, should be encouraged by the news that rating agency Standard & Poor's has reaffirmed Bermuda’s A+ sovereign credit rating, A-1 short-term rating, and AA+ transfer and convertibility assessment — an...

“Get ready, get ready, get ready” — The Temptations The unanimous passage of the Fairmont Southampton Hotel Act 2022 on May 6 represents a clarion call to all Bermuda residents to “Get Ready!” Bermuda is now one step closer to seeing the icon...

I read with great interest the recent comments from Craig Cannonier, the former Premier of Bermuda. I had hoped that he would be bringing forward a vision from the One Bermuda Alliance on tourism or any other issue critical to the elevation of the c...

What do you look for in political leadership? The May 6 sitting of the House of Assembly saw a marked contrast of political styles from two MPs sitting on the government benches. One MP was very much the slick politician of the modern age: smooth-tal...

Whataboutism: the act or practice of responding to an accusation of wrongdoing by claiming that an offence committed by another is similar or worse (Merriam-Webster dictionary) Anyone who follows politics globally or locally will know how common ...