Unofficial sources in Brussels and Bermuda indicated the United States' decision to shut down the US Naval Air Station gave the cash-strapped Alliance an excuse to drop the multi-million dollar job.
In a meeting last summer in Brussels, a top NATO of...
Another fascinating nugget of Bermuda's complicated social history is explored in Jocelyn Motyer Raymond's recently published book, Saturday's Children. Few people realise that in the mid-1800s, English children were shipped to Bermuda from London's ...
The April 18 meeting is being organised by the Bermuda National Parent Teacher Association.
It will be held at the Peace Lutheran Church on South Shore Road, Paget, starting at 7.30 p.m.
And there are plans for two speakers to be there -- one of them...
The 10 leading officers kept their jobs after nobody opposed them during elections at last week's union conference. These included president Mr.
Ottiwell Simmons MP, first vice-president Mr. Derrick Burgess, second vice-president Mr. Chris Furbert, a...
The men were among 25 British and West Indian constables whose contracts were not renewed last year. Some jobs were later saved. Nineteen of the officers have now mounted a lawsuit against Government, claiming they were unfairly let go.
Police Commis...
Chairman Mr. Gary Pitman admitted "lengthy and sometimes contentious discussions'' in the ruling party.
But he slammed "a vocal group of anonymous critics'' for making "personal attacks'' on Premier the Hon. Sir John Swan.
Consensus in the party was ...
"Absolutely not,'' Mr. Alastair Macdonald said yesterday. "I'm not going to let these people kick me in the face and force me to resign.'' Mr. Macdonald continued to defend the commission's recent selection of Mrs.
Eugenie Simmons as chief executive...
Academy are getting good at.
Faced with the everyday pressures of school life and the need to achieve good scholastic results in order to realise their academic dreams both here and abroad, the young men and women are enrolled in a weekly yoga class ...
Mr. Ming, the former head of the National Alcohol and Drug Agency who last year inspired Bermudians through his strong recovery from a heart transplant, said the recent appointment of Mrs. Eugenie Simmons was "the straw that broke the camel's back.''...
Fewer jobs, an aging workforce and more computers.
A new phenomenon hit many Bermudians for the first time in 1991.
After years of being able to pick and choose the quality and quantity of their employment, a growing number of locals came face to fac...
