In the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the massive insured damage it has caused, it is increasingly likely that Bermuda will experience a new wave of reinsurance companies setting up on the Island.
Five or six companies have already received licences f...
One of the last Dockyard apprentices was Lionel Phillips ? he joined in 1947, two years after the Second World War ended and just four years before the Dockyard closed.
Like many others, he finished his apprenticeship in Portsmouth, England.
His moth...
Recently, there has been much talk about an impending change in the leadership of the United Bermuda Party. There seems to be some basis for the rumours since Dr. Grant Gibbons, the current leader of the UBP, is busily defending his leadership.
Rumou...
Amid the hubbub and hyperbole of the House of Assembly the dignified Reginald Burrows spoke rarely. But when he did everybody listened.
And when he stepped down from the Senate last week Parliament lost one of its true elder statesmen.
He told of hi...
The United Bermuda Party?s Louise Jackson and Michael Dunkley have set out their top priorities for their new shadow cabinet roles.
Mrs. Jackson was handed the Health and Family Services shadow ministry in addition to her current Seniors portfolio la...
Recently, there has been much talk about an impending change in the leadership of the United Bermuda Party. There seems to be some basis for the rumours since Dr. Grant Gibbons, the current leader of the UBP, is busily defending his leadership.
Rumou...
Education and Development Minister Terry Lister is shaking things up ? starting with a revision of the code of conduct, improving the assessment programme and investing heavily in professional development of teachers.
It is aimed, he said, at improvi...
An army of nearly 200 volunteers collected more than 8,100 pieces of trash along a four-mile stretch of the Island?s shoreline.
The International Coastal Clean-up campaign took place at Mangrove Bay and other locations in September and October.
?We?r...
Your little boy is all grown up ? one minute he?s running around the house in Garanimals, and the next his voice is so deep you think Barry White?s in the house. It almost brings a tear to your eye.
You are so proud of him, he?s in his last year of s...
The biggest consumer audience in TV today is focused on all things home related ? improvements, redos, fix-ups, purchases, thanks to the marketing savvy of "Trading Spaces" (and look-alikes), Home Depot and Lowes. From a personal perspective, you mig...
