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Dear Sir, The letter from Beverley Connell on the subject of political bickering and financial extravagance in government media communications published by you on April 26 was right on target. How on earth does a government gainfully employ 30 emplo...

A spin doctor for the crisis-hit public schools system is to be appointed, it has been revealed. The post-holder will be expected to use social media and podcasts to tell people about the work of the Government’s education department. The education m...

The never-ending, cyber-space stampede of information sweeping across our planet daily has created new challenges for journalists around the world. The basic principles of this profession remain the same, but the task of seeking truth is often like t...

Sometimes journalists just don’t do a very good job of explaining their craft to the public. For example, I realised with a shock not too long ago that many people think anonymous sources are not only unnamed in news stories but actually unknown to t...

Canadian-born Donald McPhee Lee was the first Editor of The Royal Gazette, serving in the post for 55 years. Lee had an amazingly long tenure as editor, but a harrowing voyage on the high seas on his way to Bermuda nearly ended his career before it b...

According to CNN Business, “Facebook, YouTube and Twitter struggle to deal with New Zealand shooting video”. “Deal with” is code for “censor on demand by governments and activist organisations who oppose public access to information that hasn’t first...

Members of the media have been asked to tell the Government about how they can help highlight its work. The Cabinet Office issued a request for information as it sought “new avenues” for sharing news with the public. A notice published on the Governm...

It is a story of corruption that will stay secret, politicians who will need fewer votes to win, even dangerous communicable diseases that will spread faster as our best scientists struggle to fight them. The story is the slow and painful demise of l...

Frisson Ensemble, Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts Earl Cameron Theatre City Hall Frisson Ensemble is made up of eight master musicians, young graduates of the top music schools in the United States. Their skills and repertoire knowledge ar...

A Joint Select Committee set up to investigate why protesters were pepper-sprayed by police outside Parliament in December 2016 has held all of its meetings in secret. The Royal Gazette can reveal that the bipartisan parliamentary group, which promis...

The media’s role in shaping perceptions of black Bermudians is among topics for discussion at an “emancipation forum” to be held on Thursday. The Department of Community and Cultural Affairs invited the public to attend the gathering at 6pm at the Go...

We live in an era rich with sexual documentary evidence. Mass text-messaging combined with the rapid spread of handheld cameras and photo-sharing technology have produced a world where every sexual relationship has a much higher likelihood of produci...