The truth hurts
July 20, 2010
Dear Sir,
I came to Bermuda when I was 23 years old. I am now 71 and this is my first Letter to the Editor. Last week I read in The Royal Gazette that yet another Bermudian had been "let go" by Tucker's Point, seemingly ...
This is the full text of the speech given to the Hamilton Rotary Club yesterday by Kevin Comeau, a retired international corporate lawyer who has resided in Bermuda since 1989 and is a holder of a permanent residency certificate. He called it 'How We...
The truth about war
July 29, 2010
Dear Sir,
Surely in today's world where the media's access has become instantaneous then surely, our multi endowed information industry has become mature enough, to digest and report on the scores of every day truths...
The rate of inflation fell slightly to 2.6 percent during June even though the rising cost of health and personal care impacted the cost of living, according to the latest Government figures.
The Department of Statistics' Consumer Price Index (CPI) r...
It is curious but not surprising to see the candidates for the leadership of the Progressive Labour Party launch their campaigns with virtually no mention of their government's record in office.
Mr. Terry Lister devoted one sentence to it in a four-p...
Government needs to examine how much support young men are getting in their families as it tries to counter the Island’s soaring gang problems, according to leadership challenger Terry Lister.
But Mr. Lister’s rival, Deputy Premier Paula Cox, says Go...
"What are you doing?"
An innocent-sounding question…but for several important details:
¦ your mother was due to give birth to you at any moment;
¦ it was around 1.30 a.m. and she had awakened from a sound sleep to use the bathroom;
¦ she had been in ...
Premier Ewart Brown was honoured at the National Medical Association (NMA) ceremony along with First Lady Michelle Obama. The ceremony took place in Orlando, Florida on July 31 where Dr. Brown was a recipient of the 2010 Scroll of Merit Award.
It is ...
Flaunt or flout
August 4, 2010
Dear Sir,
In today's (Aug 4) paper, Opposition Senate Leader Sen Michael Dunkley complained of Cup Match-goers openly smoking cannabis. He said: "The law is the law and it was being flaunted in the public atmosphere."
F...
Scholarship winner Emily Dunn, 18, is about to embark on an engineering degree at a top university in the United States after being accepted into a prestigious university.
The teenager was accepted into Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which wa...
