EFORE I get to the main topic of this week's Commentary, I'd like to briefly address Bermuda's continuing ? and worsening ? traffic woes. Last Friday, March 10, was a bad day on Bermuda's roads because of the horrific traffic accident that occurred o...
, chief financial and operations officer for Ace Bermuda, and Gus Hardart, chief financial officer for Ace Tempest Re Group, will exchange positions.
This exchange is part of the Ace Group?s business continuity and succession plan for key financial e...
Screens at the BUEI Tradewinds Auditorium on March 19 at 4 p.m. As a children’s film, this fresh and lively piece of Cuban cinema — apparently the first from the communist country to use children as lead actors — is a whimsical tale of young love and...
Screens on March 17 at 6.30 p.m. at BUEITradewinds Auditorium and on March 19 at 9 p.m. at Little Theatre.Of all the crimes committed in the name of colonialism and, more pointedly, the so-called “scramble for Africa”, it is the story of the Congoles...
The failings of Bermuda?s public schools have been thrust into the spotlight once again this month with Government backbencher Renee Webb launching a lengthy diatribe against the education system and its teachers in the House of Assembly. In an inter...
Senators approved a three percent increase in the rate civil servants must pay into the Public Service Superannuation Fund ? a move designed to ensure the long-term health of the pension scheme.
The Public Service Superannuation Amendment Act was int...
Share Bermuda?s beauty
March 11, 2006
Dear Sir,
I would like to respond to the comments of Maria Smith in her letter ?Beach is private?.
I can understand that the property above the high water mark is privately owned. I can also understand the concer...
It is clear that Bermudians are increasingly dissatisfied with the Westminster system of Parliamentary debates and are unhappy with the divisive and confrontational style of politics that it can engender.
Last Saturday?s meeting showed that. While it...
International dignitaries and stars, such as Nobel Peace Prize winner South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Halle Berry, will come to the Island in June and accept Global Vision Awards of Excellence.
This is the second time the awards have been h...
The BIU will elect a new president on Friday with Vice President Chris Furbert tipped to take over from Derrick Burgess who is retiring. Mr. Burgess has led the BIU since 1996 when he beat Mr. Furbert by just three votes to replace Ottiwell Simmons.
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