HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — For Peter Tamm, the passion that launched a thousand ships — and Hamburg's newest museum along the port city's old docks — began with a gift from his mother in 1934.
"A 500-gross tonnage coaster from the North Sea-Baltic line,...
MANKEH II, Sierra Leone (Reuters) — African singing star and anti-poverty campaigner Angelique Kidjo has accused Western aid donors and big businesses of exploiting poverty in Africa to promote "neo-colonial" interests.
Kidjo, from Benin, is one of a...
Whitney Institute principal Freddie Evans last night praised Government for completing his wish list in a six-week resurrection of his school.
Education Minister Randolph Horton yesterday revealed Whitney would remain closed until next Monday as reno...
DATE: Sep 10, 2008 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
BOSTON — You gotta love this campaign. No sooner does the curtain come crashing down on one climactic moment than up it goes on another. The Democrats choose NoDrama Obama and the channel switches to Soap Opera McCain.
You want change? I'll show you ...
Premier Ewart Brown will get a second new car as Peugeot GP2 is replaced with a Toyota Camry, according to the Minister of Works and Engineering.
In June this year, GP1 — which was a Peugeot — was replaced by a BMW 750Li costing the taxpayers about $...
If Bermuda's schoolchildren ever need reminding of how precious their natural surroundings are, and what they can do to protect the environment, they now have the information at their fingertips.
A locally-produced environmental TV series has been pu...
DATE: Sep 09, 2008 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Scott Neil
A vindictive lecture
August 29, 2008
Dear Sir,
In Phil Cracknell's Letter to the Editor, he simply asked for an explanation about the increase in the inflation rate and the associated spending by the present "My Party Is In Power" administration. LaV...
Following four alleged murders since last Boxing Day, crime is now the single most important issue to Bermuda residents, a new survey reveals.
It has leapfrogged drugs in the study by Total Research Associates, which shows 21 percent of people put cr...
DATE: Sep 09, 2008 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Charities and students benefited from a $36 million windfall from the Bank of Bermuda Foundation during its first 18 years.
In a letter to shareholders in the Foundation Annual Report 2007, Joseph Johnson, chairman of the bank's charitable arm, said ...
