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Thursday’s elections for the Corporation of Hamilton and St George’s produced major changes, especially in Hamilton, and did indeed open a new chapter in the democratic development of Bermuda. The near-sweep of Team Hamilton led by Graeme Outerbridg...

US President Barack Obama has opened, or more accurately, joined a fierce political debate in the US over gay marriage. In the meantime, Bermuda cannot even decide if it is wrong to discriminate against people on the basis of their sexual orientatio...

Judges and Magistrates are rightly given discretion in sentencing because it is inarguable that every case that comes to the courts is different and must be judged on its own merits. At the same time, justice must be seen to be blind and there has t...

Voters go to the polls tomorrow in Hamilton and St George in historic elections for the two Corporations. For the first time, all registered voters living in the municipalities will have a say in how their local governments, while taxpayers who are n...

The decision to bring in a consultant to review Bermuda’s corrections system is the right one. The level of unhappiness among prison officers, and their stated concerns about their own safety, means it makes sense to have someone from outside the sy...

Yesterday, The Royal Gazette launched a campaign to raise $1m for the New Beginnings Education Trust so it can continue to run programmes for the benefit of the young people of Bermuda. The target is by far our most ambitious to date. The campaign ha...

The recent report on drug use among school students gave some reason for cheer, since the survey showed that its prevalence is lower than it was the last time a survey was done in 2007. But the fact that more than half the students have drunk alcoho...

Two reports released recently show how Bermuda is failing to recover from the recession. The Bermuda Labour Market Survey reported that there was a net loss of 700 jobs last year, including 100 held by Bermudians. In three years, 2,800 jobs have been...

In a letter in today’s newspaper, Nicola Feldman, of The Coalition for the Protection of Children, calls for the introduction of a Poverty Reduction Strategy Plan. In an editorial last week, this newspaper called for the consideration of a ‘poverty s...

Throughout the week, we have been highlighting how it is becoming increasingly difficult for many people in Bermuda to make ends meet. This newspaper’s The Cost of Living series has shown how electricity bills have gone up 70 percent in eight years, ...