Dear Sir, I was recently quoted in an article concerning Premier Jennifer Smith's attendance at the Senior Executive Program in State and Local Government at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. The controversy is swirling about whe...
How many different plants and animals can fit in a little Island like Bermuda, without falling off the edge? We are now learning that tropical rain forests contain millions of distinct species of trees, orchids, spiders, butterflies, bats and birds ...
Regarding the new Channel 10 -- "Discovery Kids''.
Tell me if I am missing something here? Is there some reason that we are now subjected to "Discovery Kids'' -- a Spanish children's channel? I was under the impression that most of Bermuda's pre-scho...
My wish for the new year 2000 is please no more taxes levelled at the poor people like Land Tax and ARV. That was a blow to locals and seniors, especially if they cannot afford it. But we are seeing a backlash on that as it affects everyone, especial...
It was a week before Christmas and the entire island of Bermuda was rushing to fit all of the purchasing in before Christmas morning.
You can imagine how hectic the city of Hamilton was at this time.
The spirits of everyone were lifted right off the ...
little brother Peter. It was dark and stormy that night and he was afraid Santa wouldn't come.
"Don't be silly Peter,'' said Bess, "of course he'll come.'' Bess heard her mother calling to her from the other room asking her to take their dog, Scruffy...
Once there was a bird named Jacob who lived in beautiful Bermuda. Today was bright, warm and sunny; it was Christmas and also Jacob's birthday.
Jacob had decided to invite a few of his friends over to celebrate his birthday.
His parents had given him...
"It's a snail eat snail world,'' Wolfgang Sterrer quipped as he pulled out a drawer filled with hundreds of fossil land snail shells.
Dr. Sterrer, head of the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum, and Zoo, was unveiling a little known fact about Bermuda's natura...
DATE: Dec 20, 1999 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Patrick Burgess
With regard to those politicians and members of the public who have been knocking Minister Allen for the loss of US Airways flights to Bermuda and in particular how it is related to a new cruise ship schedule; perhaps instead of relying on The Royal ...
Bermuda as it used to be when they visited Nonsuch Island earlier this month.
Accompanied by their principal Gladstone Thompson, science teacher Eugene Darrell and parent Danny Moore, the group of Primary Six students wowed their Bermuda Biological S...
DATE: Oct 23, 1999 | CATEGORY: Young Observer | AUTHOR: Patrick Burgess