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Recently, most residents will have received a flyer in the mail calling for people to treat respectful behaviour as a human right.The organisers of this petition deserve credit for reminding the community that while respect must be earned, that does ...

It has become somewhat traditional at this time of year to state that now, more than ever, Bermuda needs to embrace the values that Jesus Christ introduced during his time on Earth, especially peace on earth and goodwill to all men. Perhaps this new...

Government's plans to review the Civil Service for the first time in more than a decade is welcome news. There's much to commend in the Civil Service and its traditional values, especially its apolitical position and the expertise that the best civi...

Yesterday’s stories on fathers who have had their children absconded by their mothers, sometimes never to be seen again, shows the depth of a tragedy that occurs more often than most people think. Even in instances when one parent has left the Island...

If any more signs of the times were needed, Belco’s announcement that it is freezing wages and postponing a rate increase certainly was one. The justification for the freeze was that demand has fallen as a result of the recession, and this is importa...

By-elections are notoriously poor indicators of General Elections and there is always a danger of reading too much into them. Nonetheless, there are several conclusions that can be drawn from Marc Bean’s thumping victory in Warwick South Central on W...

Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox’s promise last week to review pensions and health care is a welcome one. Ms Cox may have engaged in some hyperbole when she described them in the House of Assembly as the two “hottest issues facing policymakers...

In February, this newspaper and others took Finance Minister and now Premier Paula Cox to task for raising taxes, and especially the payroll tax, in the Budget when the Island was in recession. The criticism was twofold. First, raising taxes when in...

The following article is based on the newly released report entitled The Role of Agriculture in Bermuda’s Future. Researched and prepared by Aran McKittrick, the report seeks to summarise some of the historic and modern challenges facing the agricult...

Government's legal initiatives for narrowing the gap between white and black attainment in Bermuda are well intentioned, but poorly thought out. Premier Ewart Brown's "Goodwill Plus" initiative has probably been criticised more because he did such a...