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Two years ago, when the Progressive Labour Party won the General Election, we were promised all manner of things — reduced healthcare costs, lower cost of living and greater transparency, among others. We heard the phrase “Promises made, promises kep...

Let’s be honest: few of us would have wanted Curtis Dickinson’s responsibility yesterday. To present your maiden national Budget in these uncertain times, knowing that decisions you make could cause a fragile economy to take a damaging turn for the w...

Let’s be honest: few of us would have wanted Curtis Dickinson’s responsibility yesterday. To present your maiden national Budget in these uncertain times, knowing that decisions you make could cause a fragile economy to take a damaging turn for the w...

The Minister of Finance has delivered a 2019-20 Budget Statement that strives to address the concerns of many stakeholders. It’s a delicate balance, and for that he is to be congratulated. After the Tax Reform Commission’s Report and the Pre-Budget R...

Monday’s newspaper was quite possibly one of the more depressing reads in the past few months. From an announcement of the closure of Bluck’s, to the departure of the general counsel of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission, to further discussion on t...

The public can clearly see that this government is bereft of ideas to stimulate the Bermuda economy. All we are hearing about is all the wonderful ways the Progressive Labour Party thinks it can tax us into prosperity. What exactly is the plan to gro...

Readers, take a look at the table accompanying this article. Have I missed or duplicated anything? Reviewing the Tax Reform Commission report, all 76 pages, requires more study time than publishing deadlines permitted. I encourage you all to have a ...

The first Throne Speech of this Progressive Labour Party government, which was delivered in September 2017, made many promises and, while many items have been addressed, much remains to be done in spite of one minister at the time, who was fired or r...

To someone who has written about the Bermuda economy for many years, Bermuda — Back from the Brink, by Bob Richards, the former finance minister, is like a breath of fresh air. It is clear, succinct to the point and written in a take-no-prisoners ...

I got into politics in 2012, not because of some lifelong yearning to govern, but because I was profoundly concerned with the suffering already being caused by bad economic policy and poor management of public money. Right now, our debt payments exce...