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Tax evasion is illegal everywhere. What’s called “tax avoidance” is, of course, not only legal but the cornerstone of thriving speciality practices at any number of leading — and some not-so-exemplary — law firms around the world. Many brilliant leg...

Nelson Hunt is not likely to be furnished with a gun permit after he has had his chat with the Premier. That much we can virtually guarantee. But it is evidently clear that recent events have triggered an attitude within right-thinking Bermudians who...

The day may come when newspapers are filled only with headlines, photographs and captions, but that day is surely light years closer to a very distant horizon than it is to the here and now. The advances in modern technology have spawned an impatient...

These days when the international media refer to Bermuda as a “treasure isle”, this is usually unsubtle — and singularly unhelpful — code for the activities of our offshore financial services sector. So it was refreshing to find BBC 4 had devoted thi...

The Queen, who celebrated her 90th birthday this week, has been on the throne since 1952, a symbol of both continuity and change during a period when Britain and its role in the world have been transformed almost beyond recognition. The Queen’s abil...

At the outset of his political career he posed, and then proceeded to answer to his own satisfaction, what remains among the most vexing questions in Bermudian public life. In his “Am I Being Used?” speech delivered to a City Hall audience during the...

It was one of those watershed moments in world history that gave the slow march of events in Bermuda an abrupt push in a new and entirely unexpected direction. Britain’s final acceptance and recognition of American Independence in 1783 meant, among o...

At last, it’s under way. The work of the Commission of Inquiry into the Auditor-General’s scathing reports on the Bermuda Government’s finances between 2010 and 2012 has started. Expectations from the public will be high — and rightly so. The slipsho...

“Passion for this great game, commitment, unity, hard work, courage and the pride of playing for our country, drives us. “Now we are representing our country on the international stage, the players are very committed and eager to achieve a clear goal...

Generally speaking, you actually are what you eat. And if you eat a diet consistently high in sugar, processed food and saturated fat, you are more likely than not a diabetic-in-waiting. The prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Bermuda, at once one of th...