Most people believe that the phrase “spin a yarn” was originally a nautical idiom. Seaman often had to spend time repairing rope on board ship. This is a time-consuming task involving twisting fibres ...
Over the past week, our young Bermudian athletes competed with their Caribbean counterparts in a number of regional events.
• Carifta athletics and swimming — held in Jamaica and Barbados respectively...
Recently, I had to travel to Jamaica for the funeral of my father-in-law, Victor Simms, aka “Sutton”.
From what I could see, the country is steadily progressing with the construction of the South Coas...
In February, the Freemasons of the three lodges in Bermuda, under the Grand Lodge of Scotland, welcomed a distinguished visitor in the form of the Grand Master Mason William Ramsay McGhee.
He flew in ...
Last week Friday during a brief speech in Parliament, I spoke on the issue of the deal to begin redeveloping the Fairmont Southampton hotel.
After more than two years of endless delays by one entity o...
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge embarked on a royal visit to some of the former British colonies. These colonies are inclusive of Bahamas, Belize and Jamaica.
Their tours have been met with mixed re...
In or around 1776, Paul Revere was cited as saying “The British are coming, the British are coming!!”
There are some disputes as to whether it should be to him or someone else that those famous words...
In 2020, Caricom produced a report that the Caribbean region imported more than $10 billion worth of food items per year. Considering that most islands had historically produced their own foods, this ...
Last Sunday, we had a great communty event that started at 9am. Residents of Devonshire Bay and Rocky Bay came out and joined in with a numnber of young persons to beautify the Mary Prince Emancipatio...