‘Bermuda’s maritime economy wedded her people to sustained intercourse with a wider Atlantic world and dispelled the relative isolation characteristic of the island’s company-period history’ — Michael Jarvis 2002
These days, Bermuda is sailing in dif...
Bermuda needs to change the tone of debate about poverty and focus on quality of life, according to Age Concern’s Claudette Fleming.
Bermuda has very little absolute poverty, but Ms Fleming said the issue of relative poverty remains, bringing nearly ...
DATE: Apr 01, 2013 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government has pledged to do a better job than its predecessors to nurture and support a sustainable energy industry.
In his budget brief on the Energy Department, Economic Development Minister Grant Gibbons said that the Energy White Paper will be r...
Bermuda has once again come under the spotlight in the debate about multinational corporations and tax avoidance.
During a debate this week in the UK’s House of Commons, a UK MP said Britain “is responsible for some of the biggest tax havens in the ...
DATE: Mar 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: International Business |
Bermuda has burst into English consciousness on a number of occasions, but two such significant ones were in the Age of Exploration and at the end of the American Revolutionary War.
The first occurred in the summer of 1610, when news arrived in Londo...
House Speaker Randolph Horton will continue to look for ways to enhance the independence of the offices of the Auditor General, the Ombudsman and the Parliamentary Registrar, despite a sound rejection of his preferred solution in parliament on Wednes...
Tributes have flooded in for promoter and businessman Eddy DeMello, who died yesterday morning after a long illness at the age of 75.
Mr DeMello owned the popular Music Box store on Reid Street and organised many music concerts and boxing tournament...
DATE: Mar 07, 2013 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Gareth Finighan
Members of Parliament reacted with shock and sadness to news of the death of Eddie DeMello yesterday.
Public Works Minister Trevor Moniz made the announcement to fellow Parliamentarians in the House of Assembly at the start of the morning session.
“H...
DATE: Mar 07, 2013 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Gareth Finighan
By Ayo Johnson
Televised proceedings of House of Assembly deliberations, more use of committees and additional resources for parliamentarians are on Randolph Horton’s wish list before he makes an exit from the legislature.
In his first interview sinc...
You know the saying, Mr Acting Editor, the more things change the more they stay the same. The Throne Speech ritual endured once again — with some minor variations. It was long, yes, (45 minutes or so) but it was mercifully short, perhaps pointedly s...
DATE: Feb 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: John Barritt
