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I read with great interest the recent comments from Craig Cannonier, the former Premier of Bermuda. I had hoped that he would be bringing forward a vision from the One Bermuda Alliance on tourism or any other issue critical to the elevation of the c...

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 ...

Bermuda’s high cost of living, violent crime, healthcare and education system were among the concerns raised by a grass roots campaign group this week. Members of Mobilise Organise Visualise Execute – Move – hit out at what it sees as a lack of effec...

The Government’s support for the development project on the Fairmont Southampton site is essential to jump-start our tourism industry and add desperately needed hotel beds to our product. It will mean hundreds of jobs and opportunities for Bermudians...

This article was initially intended as an e-mail to an individual, but on consideration, may be of interest to a wider audience: Sir, the economy is the laboratory where society is built. Any failure in the economy as an instrument for the training ...

Dear Sir, Surely this must be a most difficult time for the rank-and-file membership of the Progressive Labour Party. All that they were against and voted against in 2017 and 2020 is now coming back to them as necessary for “their future success”. Wh...

Beyond all the economic data and statistics there is a moral question at the heart of any discussion around a minimum wage. Do we as a society accept that there are people in Bermuda who work full time for wages that trap them in poverty and, if so, ...

An organisation providing “critical services” to victims of domestic abuse is in financial crisis – despite receiving taxpayer cash to carry out its work. The Centre Against Abuse, co-chaired by former Progressive Labour Party chairman Damon Wade, re...

The Progressive Labour Party won its landslide election victory in 2020 because the party had handled the first part of the pandemic well, had some valid ideas for reducing inequity and because the opposition One Bermuda Alliance was weak and unprepa...

Independence may be the island’s road map away from racism, a former Progressive Labour Party premier has claimed. Ewart Brown said that Black people were still treated as second-class citizens in Bermuda and that racial discrimination was rife. But ...

The first person as a former MP to publicly infer that David Burt did not tell the truth was Rolfe Commissiong, and it was over the terms of his resignation from the Senate appointment. Now, did we just hear the former Minister of Finance say the Pre...