Bermudians should understand that the Progressive Labour Party government will never ever say the airport project is a good deal for Bermuda — no matter the facts, no matter the positive professional judgments on the deal. Even by its own consultant,...
DATE: Feb 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Michael Dunkley
Al Seymour has always been a compulsive sketcher.
As a child, he’d draw on anything within reach; the white pine coffins at Cecil W. Frith Funeral Home proved “irresistible”.
He said: “I started helping out there when I was very little. The workmen t...
DATE: Feb 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
Budget time is also a time to think about taxes and tax systems. The Budget speech lamented that the tax system exacerbates the gap between the rich and poor. I recall making the same speech. The Government has pledged to find a new system to help to...
DATE: Feb 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Bob Richards
A public information campaign to focus on the decriminalisation of cannabis was launched yesterday.
Michael Weeks, the Minister of Social Development and Sport, said that the public needed to know about the law changes, which decriminalised possessio...
DATE: Feb 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Berkeley Institute student Sierra Brangman is making sure young Bermudians have the chance to have their voices heard.
This month, the 17-year-old held the first in what she hopes to be a series of public talks, entitled “Sierra Speaks”, aimed at giv...
DATE: Feb 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Diallo Rabain has taken aim at the One Bermuda Alliance’s educational policies and said the former government “condemned” students.
In an impassioned speech, the Minister of Education and Workforce Development said: “The future of our country down th...
DATE: Feb 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Historian Clarence Maxwell will deliver a lecture on the “African colonisation” of Bermuda.
Bermuda College will host “Before the Akaniba; the African colonisation of Bermuda 1616-1680” on March 8 in the Blue Room, from 5.30pm to 8pm.
The College sai...
Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, has responded to the Opposition’s criticism of blockchain and cryptocurrency.
His remarks came after Jeanne Atherden, the Leader of the Opposition, raised concerns over the use of digital currency in t...
DATE: Feb 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
My rights! “Son, there is no such thing as ‘your rights’. The only rights that exist are the ones you create and learn to protect.”
We have so many positions we take as truths, but are merely assumptions — and society often contributes to its own ent...
Maths are everything. Maths are absolute. Maths are everywhere in our world in virtually every decision we make in our daily lives. Behind the scenes, maths calculations have become so mundane that we have become practically oblivious.
And, maths ph...
