Senators were united in approving changes to the law on illegal dumping and littering this week.
The changes make it easier to prosecute those who engage in littering and illegal dumping, and provide for increased penalties for breaking the law.
Circ...
Anna Ridgeway, the Head of History in the Secondary Department of Saltus Grammar School, has set up a National Trust Club at school.
Our theme for the year is ‘Connected Community,’ and so she thought it would be a good opportunity to connect the st...
November 24, 2011
Dear Sir,
Allow me to discuss the future of a Bermuda that we all speak about but don’t travel the lip service road to get there. I’m talking about the last bastion of the old ways that divided us and continues to be a thorn in all ...
DATE: Dec 01, 2011 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
Former Bermuda Housing Corporation boss Vance Campbell has been named as the PLP candidate for Constituency Nine, Smith’s West.
In a press conference at Alaska Hall yesterday, Premier Paula Cox announced Mr Campbell’s candidacy, describing him as a y...
DATE: Dec 01, 2011 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Students and staff at CedarBridge came together yesterday to raise more than $2,000 for a fellow student’s leukaemia treatment.
Nahgé O’Brien, 16, was diagnosed with leukaemia on Boxing Day last year. While he was able to return to CedarBridge in Sep...
DATE: Dec 01, 2011 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
It is hard not to be ambivalent about the idea of decriminalisation of drugs, or even of relaxing conviction and sentencing guidelines.
On the one hand, it is surely obvious that the “war on drugs” is not working. Making drug addicts criminals has in...
Former Bermuda Housing Corporation boss Vance Campbell was today named as the PLP candidate for Constituency Nine, Smith's West.
Premier Paula Cox announced Mr Campbell's candidacy, describing him as a young man prepared to make a difference for the ...
DATE: Nov 30, 2011 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
I am sorry to start this week at the end, but this will be my last column in The Royal Gazette.
Why? I am told the paper is cutting costs, so now your Bermudian wanderer will be found on her website, www.robynswanderings.com.
For my last column, I ...
BFA football director Devarr Boyles considers Bermuda Hogges as the “missing component” of the national programme and expects this summer’s games to provide crucial preparation for the Digicel Cup.
With Hogges co-owner Paul Scope admitting to have re...
The One Bermuda Alliance has announced three new candidates to run in the next general election: Jeanne Atherden, Shawn Crockwell and Ras Mykkal.
The unveiling came with an explicit pledge by the OBA to go gunning for one of the two remaining seats h...
DATE: Nov 30, 2011 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell