“Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war. That is a prize beyond value.” — at a NATO-Russia summit in Paris in 1997
“We therefore here in B...
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British-born entertainer Jimmy Keys is no stranger to Bermuda, and has a huge following here. Indeed, he never fails to pack whatever venue he is appearing at — which is precisely what the Bermuda Riding for the Disabled is hopi...
Trade unions and politicians united in solidarity with workers around the world yesterday as the Island commemorated International Workers’ Day.
In an inaugural service on the steps of City Hall, the day was marked by music and prayers, reminding tho...
Bermuda College will run an intensive technical adult education programme this summer - to combat what it described yesterday as a looming "crisis" in the Island's technical trades.
Llewellyn Trott, the college's associate vice president of technical...
DATE: May 02, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
A discussion on the future of the youth on the Island got heated after an argument broke out amid claims Government was offering excuses and not solutions.
A panel was discussing the issue of youth violence at the Non-Violence rally, organised by Mis...
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April 25, 2007
Dear Sir,
Whew! I was about to give up on The Royal Gazette.
I am a Bermudian living in the States. My mother just happens to be Pat Ferguson. I bet you know who she is!
Nonetheless, I keep up with the Bermuda new...
Government has no plans to introduce a feeding programme for children who go without food before school and believes breakfast-skipping may not be connected to poverty.
Jennifer Attride-Stirling, the Government’s health promotion co-ordinator, told T...
DATE: May 02, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Marc Bean, the man who ousted Cabinet Minister Randy Horton as Southampton West’s preferred Progressive Labour Party candidate, will not stand aside supporters said last night.
Some PLP insiders were hoping a compromise could be cobbled together to a...
Hall of Fame boxer Clarence Hill has accused Government of “dragging their feet” on plans to upgrade boxing facilities at the old Admiralty House community hall in Pembroke.
After granting Bermuda Boxing Association (BBA) permission to use the facili...
DATE: May 01, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Colin Thompson
Bermuda is not a brass-plate jurisdiction. That is the message that Finance Minister Paula Cox wants to send to the world — and particularly to politicians campaigning in the US presidential elections.
Speaking in New Orleans, where Ms Cox and Premie...
