FORMER Premier Sir John Swan came under intense media and public scrutiny this week in the wake of remarks lambasting his own United Bermuda Party while praising Alex Scott's leadership of the Progressive Labour Party Government and echoing the curre...
WHO SAID WHAT IN 2003
"We did mislead you before Thursday by posing as a united front on Tuesday. We did mislead you ? individually and collectively ? on Thursday at the polls by smiling and being quiet about our level of discontent with the leadersh...
Finance Minister Eugene Cox, Speaker of the House of Assembly Stanley Lowe, and veteran educator Merle Brock Swan Williams were among the Bermudians who have been recognised in this year?s New Year?s honour list.
Mr. Cox, who is also the deputy leade...
Bermuda's arts scene has been active and almost non-stop throughout the year. Everything from orchestral concerts to dance festivals and new art galleries and exhibitions have been included in the mix, of which the following is a sampling.
Top billin...
The opening months of 2003 were mixed with both good and bad news in education ? along with great success and even greater tragedy.
The year got off to a very sad and disastrous start when an embankment wall collapsed at Bermuda College in January, i...
Few years have been as eventful as the one that ends today.
A close General Election, the overthrow of a Premier and the arrival of Hurricane Fabian in September all made for an extraordinarily eventful year locally ? and even took local minds off th...
The millions of dollars that Bank of Bermuda executives could receive under the proposed sale to multinational banking giant HSBC continues to fuel the fires of bank employee anger.
Bank management had previously said that an executive bonus payment ...
December 24, 2003
Dear Sir,
When I was a child, I did childish things. When I became a man, I did away with childish things. I come from a privileged background, with three sisters and four brothers. Having the privilege of being reared from a single...
BERMUDA'S public school students are performing better than in the past ? with marked improvement noted in all subject areas.
Results of standardised examinations sat earlier this year, show performance to be on par, or above, that of the average Ame...
NE in every three females is made the victim of a sexual assault or suffers sexual abuse. For men, it's one in every four.
These are, however, uncertain statistics ? a staggering number of persons violated by sex crimes choose to keep the experience ...
