“In every thing give thanks …”
— 1 Thessalonians 5:18
For more than two months, we have been inundated with a constant stream of bad news from around the world and right here in Bermuda.
Whether it ...
Last Sunday, during my morning stroll through Facebook, I glanced at a long thread. Perhaps one of the longest threads in recent local social-media history.
More than 800 comments generated by an extr...
“Solidarity”
“Unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among individuals with a common interest; mutual support within a group.” — Oxford Dictionary
What does that mean during a pandemic?
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What’s next? Where do we go from here? Two questions that are on the mind of just about every human being.
If one looks at the thoughts of the leading financial minds, things are not looking too brigh...
Today, like every day, I woke up thinking of a number of my family members: my grandmother in St Eustatius, my aunts and uncles in Tortola, my cousins in St Kitts, my friends in Barbados, Cayman Islan...
Sun, sea and sand. Words synonymous with life in the Atlantic/Caribbean region and her people.
Waking up daily being able to absorb vitamin D from the sun, frolicking in our crystal-clear waters and w...
“Perchance he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill, as that he knows not it tolls for him”
— John Donne
When we woke up on Wednesday morning, the world had lost just over 18,000 persons to the dre...
Walter Roban, the Deputy Premier and Minister of Home Affairs, and I travelled to Bridgetown, Barbados to attend the 31st Inter-Sessional Meeting of Heads of Government of Caricom between February 17 ...
With a large proportion of Bermudians being able to trace their lineage back to the islands of St Kitts (St Christopher), Nevis and Anguilla, it is important for them and others to have some backgroun...
Last Friday, I wrote that Bermudians did not need any political party to demonstrate or to remind them of the state of past and present-day race relations in this country.
As usual, the faceless criti...