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The Government underlined the urgency of securing tax incentives for the Fairmont Southampton Resort by recalling the House of Assembly two weeks early to table the enabling legislation. There is a danger of haste making waste in this instance, beca...

This newspaper generally avoids commenting on foreign affairs, leaving it to those who cover international events on a daily basis or have special expertise in areas that extend well beyond these 20-odd square miles. But Bermuda is a part of the larg...

Bermuda has been beset by antisocial behaviour and youth violence throughout the Covid-19 pandemic — and some might argue that the present malaise has been ingrained for far longer. Reports of teenagers being murdered and others the victims and perp...

The Progressive Labour Party won its landslide election victory in 2020 because the party had handled the first part of the pandemic well, had some valid ideas for reducing inequity and because the opposition One Bermuda Alliance was weak and unprepa...

There was a time, and it was not that long ago, when the shooting murders of a 24-year-old man and an 18-year-old man within 48 hours of each other would have brought this community to a standstill. It is a sign of the times, and not one that anyone...

The recent Court of Appeal judgment upholding the Government’s plan to turn the corporations of Hamilton and St George into local authorities with appointed leadership was notable for two reasons. First, the appeal court judges asserted the supremac...

Renée Ming’s departure from Cabinet this week has caused more instability at the highest levels of government. It appears that Mr Burt informed Cabinet he planned to announce a reshuffle on Monday. Ms Ming was reportedly going on holiday, so Mr Burt...

Bermuda is heading for a full-blooded constitutional crisis. The Cannabis Licensing Act was passed for a second time by the House of Assembly on Friday, and was tabled in the Senate on Monday. However, that tabling is a simple procedural matter. Hav...

Curtis Dickinson’s statement on Friday on why he resigned as finance minister is a textbook example of statesmanlike conduct. It is also a reminder of how badly Bermuda needs someone of Mr Dickinson’s calibre managing the finance ministry. Mr Dicki...

The House of Assembly has completed the Budget Debate, which has devolved into an annual exercise in futility by Members of Parliament, laced with contempt for the people who elected them to office. The debate is not futile because the Budget is uni...