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The controversy over restaurant potwashers being told to leave Bermuda within days only to then have the order reversed is government at its worst. According to Economy Minister Patrice Minors, work permit renewals and applications for potwashers an...

Two years ago, MPs rejected proposals to allow cruise ships to open their casinos while in port. That decision was taken against the background of a better economic picture than today’s, and in the midst of extreme bitterness over then Premier Dr Ewa...

The decision to exempt senior executives of companies that meet a range of good corporate citizen criteria have been welcomed, which is not a surprise. They show Government recognises that the current Immigration regime is hurting Bermuda’s economy. ...

Today The Royal Gazette reports on what passes for good news these days last year the number of road deaths fell to their lowest level since 2004. Nine deaths are still nine deaths too many, and it gives no relief to the families of the victims to kn...

A furore has arisen over the decision to place a temporary executive principal at Prospect Primary School. This has occurred because the Ministry of Education has become concerned about underperformance at the school and test scores have shown interv...

Last week’s Quarterly Bulletin of Statistics did not reveal much that was already known about the economy but the statistics demonstrated that in the third quarter of 2011, the recession deepened substantially. There was some good news. Tourism edge...

Many of Government’s submissions to the UK on Bermuda’s future Overseas Territory status are sensible. Some are prime examples of wishful thinking. The submissions are being made as Britain and the OTs review their relationship for the first time si...

This editorial has been corrected. Premier Paula Cox has rightly said she wants to improve levels of transparency in Government. This is not only the right thing to do on its own merits, but is badly needed for her Government after the previous admi...

Few people will have been sorry to see the back of 2011, a year in which the Bermuda economy continued to decline and the spectre of serious crime still hung over the Island. So it is better to look forward rather than backwards, although it is to be...