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In order to overcome our decline in economic activity, we need to take some dramatic steps to prevent this continuing decline. This decline has led to the gradual deterioration in the standard of living for all Bermudians and is accompanied by more a...

The Bermuda Government has taken a courageous step by forging ahead through legislation, the prospect of gaming in Bermuda. It is important to note that the allowance of casino gambling is in no way a panacea for our current economic and social ills ...

Due to a copy error, a picture caption in yesterday’s edition wrongly stated that former Premier Sir John Swan had been present in Washington, DC, on the occasion of Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963. In fact...

In what could go down in history as the battle over the waterfront, former Premier Sir John Swan has unveiled an alternative waterfront redevelopment concept — months after City Hall awarded development rights to Allied Development Partners. Sir John...

A number of struggling Caribbean islands are selling citizenship to generate revenue, and it is a trend that appears likely to grow. However, Bermuda would do better to model itself on ‘super powers’ such as the US, UK and Canada, and attract high-va...

March 8, 2012 Dear Sir, In today’s paper (March 7) Sir John Swan claims there is a sense of entitlement held by Bermudians. But he left out two very important groups who feel that they have a right to certain entitlements because some of our foreign...

The warning signs have been on the horizon for a long time. Today in Bermuda, decreased demand for our “premier financial centre product” is forcing down home prices, home sales, rental occupancies, wages (and job elimination) while inflation is ex...

Bermuda is to blame for the current state of the economy and now the Island has pull itself out of the mess, according to former Premier Sir John Swan. Sir John, who was being inducted into the Bermuda Employers’ Council (BEC) Bermuda Business Hall o...

Former Premier Sir John Swan yesterday urged Senators to back the Rosewood Tucker’s Point SDO as environmentalists stepped up their campaign against the project. The former United Bermuda Party leader whose party opposed the Special Development Order...