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At first blush, red crepe paper poppies might seem to make for unlikely boutonnières. But at this time every year, they appear on the lapels of thousands of Bermuda residents in the run-up to Remembrance Day on November 11. That solemn public holiday...

It may be paradoxical but those who live on this Island are probably fitter than those in many other countries, but less healthy. Gyms abound, sport is very much a part of life and on any given morning and evening, joggers — the more serious athletes...

It is timely that the curtain is drawn this weekend on Rugby World Cup 2015 in England. Not because it feels like the 20-nation tournament has been going on for ever, with the first of 48 games having kicked off on September 18. But, rather, because ...

Tianjin is a Chinese port that many people in Bermuda may not even have heard of. Two months ago, a warehouse that stored thousands of tonnes of hazardous chemicals blew up there. The series of explosions killed 173 people, generated blast waves tha...

There is, said an Italian philosopher, nothing more difficult to engage in, more perilous to conduct or more uncertain in its outcome than taking the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. To be in the vanguard of change, to pursue an id...

It has been a little more than a week since the America’s Cup celebrations raised the roof. Not in their wildest dreams could those who organised the myriad of events accompanying the actual competition have envisaged such a response. Front Street ro...

“What's happened is very sad. My condolences to the family. Something's got to be done about the young people. I don't know what's going on. It's affecting the community also. Right now, we've got people in fear.” That quote could have been offered ...

Justice was seen to be served this week when convicted killer Jaquii Pearman Desilva was sentenced to life imprisonment for the cold-blooded shooting of Prince Edness last year. Pearman Desilva will have lived most of his natural life by the time he ...

Confidence appears to be growing that Bermuda’s economy is headed in the right direction — among consumers and business leaders alike. That conclusion can be drawn from the HSBC Business Confidence Index, details of which were released this week by T...

In any community, there is always a gulf between high-principled ideals and prosaic realities, between promise and actual performance. Bermuda is no exception. It’s now been almost a half-century since the modern Bermuda Constitution was promulgated....