My frustration and disagreement with the ”union mentality“ I described previously is well documented, as is my desire to discourage persons having a ’welfare mentality‘. It is also my belief that the haves should help the have nots. But we have a res...
Martha Myron Harris
New year, new start, new government, new goals, or are we recycling the same old topics? Of course, we are!
Nothing changes that much in a year. What is expected, however, is that with the new year comes fresh perspectives and ne...
Former Tourism Board head Maxwell Burgess has stepped down from the job, according to a spokesman for new One Bermuda Alliance Minister Shawn Crockwell.
Meanwhile, the Opposition Progressive Labour Party yesterday described Government’s announcement ...
DATE: Jan 04, 2013 | CATEGORY: Tourism | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Government’s proposal to legislate a fixed date for general elections every five years will likely be keenly opposed by the Opposition Progressive Labour Party.
And with a slim majority in the House of Assembly, there’s no guarantee that the One Berm...
Progressive Labour Party MPs, many of whom had hoped for a different outcome to Friday’s leadership selection contest, have declared their support for new leader Marc Bean.
But the exercise has raised some concerns about the party’s Constitution.
Mr...
Premier Craig Cannonier
A 49-year-old businessman raised in St David’s, Craig Cannonier studied at Towson State University in Baltimore, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in industrial psychology in 1986.
After returning to Bermuda, he wor...
My twenty years of teaching and long involvement in community work has offered a fair share of contact with young people. Perhaps this is why I have had queries from the younger generation regarding the up-coming General Election; mainly seeking guid...
An end to conscription could be the end of the Bermuda Regiment, according to a former commanding officer.
Government announced in this year’s Throne Speech that it intends to abolish conscription, but Gavin Shorto urged Government to reconsider such...
DATE: Dec 12, 2012 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
For people who have just lost their vision, getting from one point to another can be disorienting and intimidating.
That is where Jane Charlton steps in. As a vision rehabilitation therapist and a specialist in orientation and mobility, she teaches ...
This was sent to Premier Paula Cox and copied to The Royal Gazette
December 8, 2012
Good morning Premier Cox,
I just wanted to express my thoughts on recent comments made by PLP candidates regarding voting.
First let me say that the right to vote is ...
DATE: Dec 11, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
