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Do you consider yourself a conspiracy theorist? No? Well if, like many other residents and visitors, you think David Burt’s Travel Authorisation requirements are just not working, and need to be scrapped, then you are, apparently. So said Progressive...

Bankers last night reacted to the direct hit they took from government on Friday when David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance raised alarm on the floor of the House of Assembly at the escalating rise in bank fees and charges. The Premier laid...

The government has threatened Bermuda’s banks to rein in escalating bank fees and globally-abnormal bank charges, or face government-imposed limits. And a near 10 year old Progressive Labour Party promise to crack down on banks is a step closer to re...

One afternoon, a fox was walking through the forest and spotted a bunch of grapes hanging from a lofty branch. “Just the thing to quench my thirst,” he thought. Taking a few steps back, the fox jumped and just missed the hanging grapes. Again the fox...

The Government has denied it withheld encrypted e-mails from the public about a taxpayer-funded payout of almost a quarter of a million dollars to protesters who shut down Parliament. But it did not release the messages yesterday nor did it give any...

E-mails sent by a senior civil servant about a taxpayer-funded payout of almost a quarter of a million dollars to protesters who shut down Parliament were withheld from the public because they were encrypted. The messages should have been reviewed an...

“Bad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age” — General Colin Powell The specifics of the Fairmont Southampton “done deal” are slowly emerging. It points to why there was so much secrecy involved in the first place and realises our worst...

During this week’s epic Senate debate, the One Bermuda Alliance made a point of saying that the Fairmont Southampton project would cause 60 per cent of the construction workers on site to be non-Bermudian. Not sure how it can speak to percentages, as...

Dear Sir, Recently, there has been much discussion and controversy about the Fairmont Southampton hotel project, regarding transparency of the government concessions/financial guarantees and the recently (unanimously) approved Fairmont Southampton Ho...

What do you look for in political leadership? The May 6 sitting of the House of Assembly saw a marked contrast of political styles from two MPs sitting on the government benches. One MP was very much the slick politician of the modern age: smooth-tal...

Whataboutism: the act or practice of responding to an accusation of wrongdoing by claiming that an offence committed by another is similar or worse (Merriam-Webster dictionary) Anyone who follows politics globally or locally will know how common ...

The operation of good government relies on the same principles of management as in any complex organisation. As organisations mature, so, too, must their hierarchy reflect the principles of good governance. Bermuda has a hard-earned reputation for be...