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There is a saying that goes, “You don’t miss the water until the well runs dry” — a true maxim that has so many variations as examples in our lives. I am amazed at the tenacity of many of our retailers who continue to keep their doors open, refusing ...

A basic tenet founded on the constitutional principles of a democratic society is open, truthful, individual freedom of expression, including freedom of the press. Conversely, a dictatorship has the adverse mandate: the complete, absolute suppression...

The world faces countless challenges today, with powerful nations locked in confrontation over issues from economic development to human rights, along with freedom that would enable truth to be revealed — even when it affects global diplomacy or is a...

Twelve years ago this month, Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist whose reporting came too close to the truth about Russia’s war in Chechnya, was gunned down in the elevator of her Moscow apartment block. One year ago this month, Daphne Caruana Galizia, ...

It has been a brutal year for journalists. Last week, prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi went to the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul to pick up some paperwork. He never returned home, and unnamed Turkish officials have said that he was killed in...

Patrina O’Connor-Paynter and Ellen-Kate Horton have joined the appointments committee of the Media Council of Bermuda. Ms Paynter, also known as PowerGirl, will serve as the committee chair. They will join Myra Virgil, who has served on the on the co...

News organisations around the world are facing increasing challenges in an ocean of mass electronic equipment so complex that truth and fiction can mingle in the same pot, creating doubt and confusion to a degree where the free press, a cornerstone o...

Top British broadcaster Moira Stuart paid tribute to veteran journalist Ira Philip for his passion for social justice yesterday. Ms Stuart, the granddaughter of Bermuda politician and trade unionist E.F. Gordon, issued a statement on behalf of her fa...

In a world overrun with cyberspace technology, which has enabled various information services to pump out reports sharply conflicting with truth, it is a nightmare for journalists who still rely on facts while trying to do their job. Journalists use ...

Dear Sir, According to section 26 of the Bermuda Constitution Order 1968 it clearly states: There shall be a Legislature for Bermuda which shall consist of Her Majesty, a Senate and a House of Assembly. On ZBM’s main 7pm television news on Monday, re...

It seems like only yesterday that journalism faced existential challenges from technology platforms that helped anyone publish whatever they wanted, took over the distribution of news, and usurped the advertising market with promises of precise targe...

Rupert Murdoch could scarcely have imagined Britain’s top trustbuster would be so constructive in its criticism of his plans to buy all of Sky plc. It’s no surprise the Competition and Markets Authority does not like a deal that would result in Sky b...