Bermudians overwhelmingly rejected same-sex marriages and civil unions by a greater than two-to-one margin in the referendum yesterday.
However, the total number of votes cast was 20,804, or 46.89 per cent of the electorate, which is below the 50 per...
A haul of fish brought in by residents of the Summerhaven assisted-living facility marks the start of new community initiatives for the facility.
“The residents are disabled, yes, but they have creative genius and when they realise that somebody’s pa...
DATE: Jun 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Today is the day for Bermudians to go to the polls and have their say on same-sex marriage and civil unions.
Twelve polling stations across the island will open their doors at 8am for voters to cast their ballots in the referendum on same-sex relatio...
DATE: Jun 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Same-Sex Marriage |
Bermuda appears to have delivered an extremely convincing “no” to both same-sex marriage and same-sex civil unions.
However, today’s referendum will only be considered “answered” if there is a turnout of 50 per cent or more — and with 39 out of the t...
DATE: Jun 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Same-Sex Marriage |
It has been quite some time since the global financial markets have faced such a widely-anticipated, major binary decision expected to propel securities prices sharply in one direction or another. I am, of course, referring to this week’s ‘Brexit’ vo...
Stop the press. It seems the most effective form of contraception for the next generation may not be birth control pills or condoms, but instead, subjecting them to episodes of Call the Midwife.
I didn’t hear little Belle creep downstairs after bedt...
Empty for years and in danger of falling into disrepair, a house at the back of Portland Lane in Sandys is soon to become a home.
Members of the Bermuda Mental Health Foundation gathered there yesterday with friends to celebrate the building’s reviva...
DATE: Jun 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Dear Dr Nekia,
I am having a real issue with my husband. Honestly, I feel more like his mother than his wife. We both work and I still do the majority of the household chores and look after the children.
He complains about being tired and doesn’t ta...
Bermuda’s blind and the partially sighted have been given a financial boost with one of the lsland’s leading insurance/reinsurance companies donating thousands of dollars.
On behalf of Axis Specialty Ltd, Alice Cedenio presented a cheque to the Berm...
Dear Sir,
Bermuda has been a colony of Britain for more than 400 years.
This has already been far too long. A colony is like a child who does not want to grow up, so it chooses instead to remain tied to its mother’s apron strings. Well, mother count...
DATE: May 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
