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As I write this opinion, the island is nine days into a state of emergency and 24-hour curfew, with limited exceptions such as medical needs, grocery shopping and daily exercise among them. These conditions are in place until Saturday. While the Gove...

So far the sugar tax is nothing more than a tax grab by the Progressive Labour Party. In Parliament on Friday, I asked questions of the finance minister, Curtis Dickinson, in regards to the amount raised since the inception of sugar tax on October 1,...

Once again, the Port Royal Golf Course is in the news for all the wrong reasons, with some familiar faces creating the problems. Bermudians can recall the refurbishment of the course under the former Progressive Labour Party government before hosting...

“If you do not have a record to run on, then paint your opponent as someone to run from” — Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States It is so typical of the Progressive Labour Party to try to paint the One Bermuda Alliance in the worst p...

On March 1, 2019, finance minister Curtis Dickinson provided the House of Assembly with a statement “Update on the Work of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission”. I was naturally interested in this update, as gaming is an amenity that can benefit our ...

When I was invited to speak to the Probus Club last week, I was pleased that I was able to choose the topic for the day. It was very tempting to speak about my love for sport and how it is so important to building strong communities and providing opp...

After details of Cabinet Office contracts were published in the Official Gazette, it was revealed that the Progressive Labour Party government has spent at least $175,000 on an empty office in Washington. The Premier and his spokesmen tried to justif...

After the Premier’s question period last Friday in Parliament, David Burt was forced to take the seldom used “Personal Explanation” period during the next sitting on Monday to correct a misleading answer to a question I put to him. During the questio...

The first Throne Speech of this Progressive Labour Party government, which was delivered in September 2017, made many promises and, while many items have been addressed, much remains to be done in spite of one minister at the time, who was fired or r...

When announcing the recent Cabinet changes, David Burt lauded having consolidated ministries from 11 to ten. The Premier made no mention that with his second shuffle in 16 months, the size of Cabinet has actually grown. With the growth of Cabinet, t...