Always having had an eye for a man of independent mind — and means — Hester soaked up the words of dickie-bowed backbencher Dale Butler in his exclusive interview with The SunShine last Wednesday.
For those of you who missed it, the fishcake connoiss...
Whenever Wayne Marshall appeared here, be it on a Bermuda Festival stage or elsewhere, he was a favourite who consistently played to full houses. While many artists whose names can no longer be recalled have come and gone over the years, this dynamic...
April 20, 2002
Dear Sir,
Today someone asked my why was it that a telephone call to Jamaica cost twice as much as one to Portugal. Since I do not call either place I did not know that there was a difference, much less the reason for it. However, I di...
Maverick Opposition MP Trevor Moniz has come out in support of Premier Jennifer Smith, whom he labelled a progressive compared with firebrands trying to oust her.
He said radicals bent on black empowerment were waiting in the wings should she fall.
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Attorney General Dame Lois Browne-Evans last night came out in support of Premier Jennifer Smith, and said nobody was as capable of leading the country.
Speaking out after backbench Government MPs made an attempt to oust the Premier from her leadersh...
Premier Jennifer Smith is refusing to comment on the bid last week by rebel MPs within her own party to oust her from office.
But political commentators last night described the Premier's position as “untenable” and said that Parliament may have to b...
Government has been urged to ensure that its new scheme to rehabilitate offenders through drug and education programmes continued to come with the threat of a big stick - as well as carrot.
Shadow Legislative Affairs Spokesman John Barritt said the U...
Adding a "bottle bill" to Bermuda's legislation would go a long way to eliminating trash that is thrown on beaches, roads and into the water, according to local environmentalists, as roughly 50 percent of local litter consists of discarded bottles.
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New Prisons Commissioner John Prescod has promised to boost education programmes to crack down on recidivism which runs at more than 80 percent.
And Mr. Prescod, who ran Jamaica's prisons for eight years and cut reoffending rates by 50 percent, said ...
With their liquor licences at risk, bar owners quickly agreed to be trained by the Bermuda Police Service on the Liquor Licence Act and other related Acts.
Bartenders and bar owners for several nightclubs, and sports clubs appeared before the Liquor ...
