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...
We all need healing
May 28, 2004
Dear Sir,
As a citizen by birth by both parents and grandparents of Bermuda, I find it amazing about the increase of violence and hate in this small Island. I am always hearing about blacks fighting one another, where...
WOULD like to clarify several inaccuracies and misconceptions that have appeared in recent letters written to the concerning comments made by visiting art lecturer Gregory Volk in an interview with the .
The claim that the Bermuda National Gallery in...
Opposition Senator Leonard Santucci is calling for a probe into the Bermuda College?s human resources management practices.
At yesterday?s Senate hearing Sen. Santucci said that he gave Government a failing grade when it came to promotion and employm...
Leon Bass was born without a silver spoon in his mouth. His parents, born in South Carolina in the late 1890s, lived through the pain of the US Supreme Court decision which created ?separate but equal? black and white communities, yet his father answ...
