10298 results returned for search: "" category ("Other" AND "Opinion")
Graeme Outerbridge put the final nail in the coffin of the National Liberal Party yesterday when he admitted that it would not be running any candidates in the General Election. As such, the party is "irrelevant", Mr. Outerbridge said. He's right, an...
DATE: Jun 13, 2003
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
According to the Ministry of Tourism, the world media was responsible for the slump in tourism arrivals in the first three months of the year because of the way in which it "sensationalised" the risks of travelling during the Gulf War and the height ...
DATE: Jun 13, 2003
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
“Information breeds confidence. Silence, breeds fear...”
- Unknown
Now that the election date has been finally set for July 24, I am now prepared to go on record with what may come as a shock to some - particularly those in the United Bermuda Party a...
DATE: Jun 12, 2003
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Rolfe Commissiong
There has been a good deal of talk about how the July 24 General Election will place more emphasis than ever before on the strength of individual candidates following the change to single-seat constituencies.
The change does mean that weaker candidat...
DATE: Jun 12, 2003
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
June 7, 2003
Dear Sir,
Fresh TV is all right except for a few things:
1. Every now and then you can't hear what a person's saying or singing because the sound goes off and on (technical glitches).
2. There isn't enough talent (yes, Bermuda may have l...
DATE: Jun 12, 2003
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
It would not be possible to call Premier Jennifer Smith's election announcement yesterday a shock, since all of Bermuda must have known by now that the date would have to be set within the next five months.
But there was little public awareness that ...
DATE: Jun 11, 2003
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
'Two-bit shakedown'
June 4, 2003
Dear Sir,
As a potential cruise ship passenger to Bermuda I read your paper's articles about arresting Americans on cruise ships for small amounts of marijuana.
Sounds like a two-bit shakedown to me. It's just a way t...
DATE: Jun 10, 2003
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Several months ago, Government promised to make prescription drugs available to senior citizens at lower prices.
It has come through with the promise, announcing on Friday that senior citizens who have health insurance through the Government-run Heal...
DATE: Jun 10, 2003
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
I saw the movie 'Bonnie and Clyde' in 1968, a year after it was made, in the open air, in the little garden outside the ballroom at Admiralty House.
It was a small audience - a few dozen very tired soldiers who, at the end, looked as if they had been...
DATE: Jun 09, 2003
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
As predictable as it is pointless, politicians persist in blaming the Press for their problems.
They should give it up and focus on the issues instead.
That's unlikely to happen, so for the record, this newspaper reiterates for what will almost certa...
DATE: Jun 09, 2003
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
