"Families in their homes have to take up the mantle and decide it is their responsibility to raise their children and save this country from anarchy."
– Public Safety Minister David Burch, speaking on Bermuda's growing code of silence over violent cr...
STEM CELL CLINIC TO– SET UP IN BERMUDA
July 23: A stem cell research centre was set to open in Bermuda later in 2007 after Premier Ewart Brown and his wife Wanda teamed up with American company Stemedica Cell Technologies. In October, The Opposition ...
"I take this opportunity to again call upon the Governor to discharge the responsibility of his office, by taking swift and meaningful action against the perpetrators of this nefarious scheme. He must see this as his obligation. Should he fail to do ...
WORKPLACE EQUITY
Governments proposed Workplace Equity Act 2007, which would give Commission for Unity and Racial Equality (CURE) powers to fine companies up to $50,000 if they block the progress of black Bermudians, met with heavy emotion on all sid...
"When one party expresses sharp rhetoric, it's been responded to in like. This behaviour from both sides has now, in my view, whipped up those irresponsible elements amongh the ranks who are capable of that sort of behaviour on both sides'.
– Former ...
TEACHERS PAY DISPUTE
A pay dispute caused teachers at a majority of the Island's public schools to "work to rule". Bermuda Union of Teachers general secretary Mike Charles alleged the dispute was about the Government "reneging" on a payment package d...
"2007 must be a year when overheating in construction is curbed and these major hotel projects put on a phased basis."
– Sen. E.T. Bob Richards wrote in an opinion piece about the dangers of economic over heating.
"Everybody's astonished but it doesn...
One year ago, this newspaper noted here that 2006 had been a remarkable year.
In its own way, 2007 has been too, with a general election, a recent surge of crime, Bermuda's first ever participation in the World Cup and the passings of some remarkable...
December 6: Government unveiled its new drugs master plan that gave equal weight to reducing demand and supply. Social Rehabilitation Minister Dale Butler said the five-year plan, which had been two years in the making, would bring together all the a...
September 6: A $20 million refurbishment to iconic Fairmont Hamilton Princess, bought by Goodman Investment Group, was underway. The Goodman Investment Group bought the hotel for an undisclosed amount, though it will still be run by the Fairmont mana...
