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Inertia – Bermuda’s greatest climate change challenge

Mark Guishard, PhD, presentation at ThinkFest 2017 on "Should Bermuda care about climate change?"


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Bermuda is doing next to nothing to address climate change in the face of significant adverse impacts in the decades to come. That was one the takeaways from Mark Guishard’s overview of climate change challenges and opportunities at ThinkFest 2017 on November 19. Guishard, PhD, a director of BIOS’s risk prediction initiative explained the latest…...

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Payroll tax hike for high earners could be stalled – Government

Premier signals policy changes in pre-Budget consultative report


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Government may not move ahead with full implementation of payroll tax reform proposals initiated by the former administration, it was revealed yesterday. Higher income earners in international business may be spared payroll tax increases envisaged as part of the new progressive tax regime, but lower earners would enjoy lower taxes as planned. this Government is…...

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Taxpayers to shell out $2 million in diagnostic imaging fees

as dispute between Ewart Brown and the Bermuda Health Council rumbles on


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Government is shelling out more than $2 million to compensate the hospital and Ewart Brown’s private clinics for drastically reduced fees for MRIs and CT scans. The money – estimated to be close to $800,000 for Dr. Brown’s two private clinics and $1.8 million for the Bermuda Hospitals Board by the end of the fiscal…...

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Explainer: Domestic Partnership Bill 2017

A comprehensive overview of the bill passed by the House of Assembly on December 8, 2017


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Parliament has approved the Domestic Partnership Bill 2017 which allows for legal recognition and registration of adult relationships while restricting marriage to people of opposite sex. The bill is almost identical to the former One Bermuda Alliance’s consultative civil union bill, but with some important changes. Here’s a break down of the law which is…...

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Next ThinkFest on mental health of Khmer Rouge survivors


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ThinkFest 2017 ends this Sunday with a final presentation entitled  “Mental Health of Cambodian Genocide Survivors after the Khmer Rouge Genocide, Enslavement and Imprisonment” the Ethics of Language translated in Psychology” by MSc candidate Dany Pen. An educator, activist and artist, Pen is currently pursuing her Master of Science Degree in Clinical Psychology at Walden […]

ICIJ begins publication of Appleby leaks – “Paradise Papers”

Leaked data show that lax controls at Appleby may have facilitated money laundering and terrorist financing, and laws may have been broken.


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The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and its media partners have begun publishing details from a trove of data leaked from law firm Appleby – findings that will have serious repercussions on Bermuda, the offshore financial services industry and the law firms that facilitate it. ICIJ says that of the 14 million files, 6.8 million…...

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NGOs, Education and the legacy of Colonialism in Ghana

Next ThinkFest event features youth development worker and Ghana resident Quinton Sherlock


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Quinton Sherlock, MSc, made a name for himself in Bermuda as a golfer. Now he is using golf to transform lives in the Republic of Ghana with his own youth development foundation. And residents will have an opportunity to hear of his work, its impact and reflections on the legacy of colonialism in the West […]

Premier: 14 items of 100 day plan fulfilled


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Fourteen of 21 items in the Progressive Labour Party government’s 100 day plan have been completed, Premier David Burt told parliamentarians today. In a lengthy speech in the House of Assembly, Premier Burt announced his administration has “successfully completed or significantly advanced” all of its pledges for its first 100 days. In response to Opposition…...

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Justin Mathias on the PLP’s “Plan to Start a Plan”

Future Bermuda Alliance leader's take on the Government's 100-day plan


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We have reached the first milestone of the new PLP administration – the end of its 100-day plan. Or as I like to call it ‘The Plan To Start A Plan’. For the record I strongly dislike the 100 day deadline as I don’t believe the US style of politics is one to mirror, especially […]

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