The following is the continuation of the debate from the House of Assembly on Friday's Motion to Adjourn: said there were all manner of false rumours spread about the Cubans including that one of the band would get pregnant ? despite all the musician...
Mysterious attack leaves man bleeding by side of road
A man is in a stable condition on a general ward at the hospital after a member of the public found him bleeding from an attack in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The man said he had been on ...
HIS recent trip to Bermuda for the Bermuda Underwater Education Institute's fund-raising dinner, which was built around a reunion of the creative talents who produced the book and the film of The Deep, gave the Mid-Ocean News the chance to arrange an...
ACCORDING to the recently released World Bank report on World Development Indicators for 2004, Bermuda's per capita income (GNI) is now the highest in the world.
While the World Bank reported that the average Bermudian earns "more than $40,000" per a...
THE World Bank this week released its World Development Indicators report for 2004, ranking Bermuda as number one in terms of Gross National Income ? but according to Minister of Finance Paula Cox, this world-beating ranking is perhaps deceptive.
"Fr...
SURPRISE, surprise, Mr. Editor, contrary to predictions it wasn't such a long day on the Hill after all. We broke up last Friday before five o'clock which made for an early day. But that's not say it wasn't eventful. It was.
The highlight for me was ...
THE Hospitals Auxiliary of Bermuda last week bade farewell to one of its long-serving members.
Deborah Butterfield served as a hospital volunteer for 50 years. Her start, in fact, predates the establishment of the HAB.
"There was no Auxiliary then bu...
On Sunday May 16, 2004 Shangri-La Durham Thompson graduated from St. John's University with a doctorate in Educational Leadership along with seven other Bermudian educators. Shangri-La also achieved a graduate certificate of excellence.
Dr. Durham-Th...
THE recent release of the World Bank report on World Development Indicators for 2004 saw Bermuda rise to the top rank in terms of Gross National Income per capita. However, according to Opposition Leader Grant Gibbons, this ranking, although a measur...
CAN black people take self-criticism?
This is a question that recently came to the fore in America in the wake of some controversial opinions voiced by African-American actor and sitcom star Bill Cosby, who probably set the gold standard for positive...
