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Almost six years ago, there were scenes of jubilation in Ireland and Bermuda when the Island’s cricketers secured qualification to the World Cup for the first time ever. Yesterday was very different. Bermuda was relegated to Division III of the Inte...

The Royal Gazette’s exclusive interview last week with Henry Bellingham, the UK Minister responsible for British Overseas Territories, suggests that relations between the Island the UK are improving. The Conservative Party, the senior partner in the...

Had someone suggested in 2006 that people should be offered money for turning in guns, they would have been laughed out of the room. That’s because the idea of rewarding a person for criminal behaviour the possession of a firearm goes against all the...

Friday’s announcement that the Ross (Blackie) Talbot Charity Classic golf tournament will end after next year is very disappointing. Clement Talbot, the driving force behind the charity event that was named for his music legend father, deserves enor...

Everyone knows that Government spending needs to be cut, and most people are willing to take some of the pain as long as it is shared equally. On that basis, it only makes sense to start at the top. When Lee Iacocca took over financially troubled Chr...

At the end of last year, there was a feeling that Bermuda might have gotten a grip on the wave of murders that shook the Island in 2010. Although there were shootings and incidents of violent crime, there were no gun murders for seven months, to the ...

David Burch, now the former Government Senate Leader and Minister of Public Safety, will be missed. That may seem strange coming from this newspaper, since Mr Burch has always made plain his distaste for The Royal Gazette. But even that, in its own ...

Although there was a great deal to be encouraged about in Friday night’s debate on the Tucker’s Point Special Development Order, there are reasons to feel unhappy about the process and the final result. Still, it is positive that Government was first...

News that Government will be reviewing its Immigration policy and will also be taking a fresh look at its policy on land licences is welcome, but long overdue. Care needs to be taken not to predict too much for this review since details are very scar...

News that public health insurance costs will soar this year should not surprise anyone who has been following the health insurance debate. But that does not mean that there are easy fixes or solutions to the problem. In recent years, health costs ha...