How many deaths have there been in Bermuda's waters in the past two years?
That's just one of many questions that may never get answered even though Bermuda is set to get freedom of information legislation in the next year.
Ask the same question in t...
DATE: Nov 17, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
With the passing of new pesticides safety legislation through the Senate early this year, the Pesticides Focus Group (PFG) is going into hibernation.
The PFG was formed in 2000 at the encouragement of then Director of Environmental Protection Dr. Tom...
A dreadful building
October 29, 2009
Dear Sir,
On returning to Bermuda after a long summer abroad I was driving along Front Street going from West to East. As traffic was fairly slow I was admiring the different buildings and their architecture as we...
A 'CultureFest' event which was hugely popular in the 1990s — with a theme of a united Bermuda — is set for a comeback in Dockyard next year.
Organisers the Emperial Group say Premier Ewart Brown, Governor Sir Richard Gozney and Opposition Leader Kim...
DATE: Nov 16, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
The following is a continuation of the report from the House of Assembly on Friday night.
Newly-appointed Minister Without Portfolio Zane DeSilva told the House of Assembly on Friday that a number of hotel developments remain on the cards despite the...
A new session of Parliament was convened last week with Bermuda's historic 400th Anniversary Year celebrations much in focus. It formally took place with the traditional pomp and military circumstance in the grounds of the Cabinet Office. Units of th...
Here is the full text of the Opposition leader Kim Swans Reply to the Speech from the Throne.
Mr. Speaker, Members of the House of Assembly,
It is an honour to rise today in this Chamber to deliver the Reply to the Throne Speech in this the 400th yea...
Environment Minister Glenn Blakeney kicked off the Throne Speech debate yesterday by defending Government against aspersions over its moral leadership.
Mr. Blakeney described United Bermuda Party Leader Kim Swan's attacks on Premier Ewart Brown and h...
Government should stop picking fights with the Governor and get on with tackling "lethal and corrosive trends in crime", the United Bermuda Party said in its Reply to the Throne Speech yesterday.
Official Opposition Leader Kim Swan questioned whether...
DATE: Nov 14, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
The Bermuda Democratic Alliance made its debut Reply to the Throne Speech by criticising Government's failure to address the economy, crime and education.
Shawn Crockwell delivered the statement on behalf of Bermuda's newest political party — and whi...
DATE: Nov 14, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
