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There is a consensus that the vulnerable in society should be cared for. This is true for children, people with disabilities and the elderly. That principle is the reason why Bermuda has a basic pension, funded through the Contributory Pension Fund,...

This week’s series of stories shows that the cost-of-living crisis is continuing to worsen for Bermuda residents. At the same time, recent retail sales figures for March show that the economy remains weak. As stated in an earlier editorial, the ris...

Last Friday, MPs were told they will be asked to make permanent anti-gang laws implemented on a temporary basis a decade ago. The laws mean that for crimes where gang involvement can be proved, those convicted can face up to five additional years in...

It is not difficult to figure out that prices are rising in Bermuda, just as they are in the rest of the world. When a carton of strawberries is in double figures, your morning cup of coffee suddenly costs 50 cents more or airfares for that long-awa...

After three chief executives left in the course of 28 months, the Bermuda Tourism Authority is a rudderless boat drifting towards the rocks

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...