The United Bermuda Party was founded on August 21, 1964, marking the beginning of a fierce, often bitter, two-horse race which would consume Bermuda’s political scene for nearly four decades.
A year earlier, the Progressive Labour Party had become th...
DATE: May 05, 2011 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Seventy percent of people are opposed to Independence, according to the latest poll from Mindmaps.
That represents a slight dip from 73 percent in the previous poll in January, with the number in favour increasing from 14 percent to 16 percent. Fourt...
DATE: Apr 25, 2011 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Bermuda needs to create a better social contract by creating jobs through a strengthened economy and improved education system,
Shadow National Security Minister Michael Dunkley said yesterday. Senator Dunkley said the only way to tackle gang cultur...
DATE: Apr 19, 2011 | CATEGORY: Crime | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Friday April 29
6.30pm: Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders. United States, 2009, 94 minutes, Rated R.
For the first time ever, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Medicines sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) organisation gave a...
DATE: Apr 18, 2011 | CATEGORY: Arts & Entertainment |
The Royal Gazette’s exclusive interview last week with Henry Bellingham, the UK Minister responsible for British Overseas Territories, suggests that relations between the Island the UK are improving.
The Conservative Party, the senior partner in the...
Politicians had a “dearth of data” while debating the Rosewood Tucker’s Point SDO, Ombudsman Arlene Brock stated yesterday.
Ms Brock revealed she has launched an investigation to see how much information should be made available ahead of any future S...
DATE: Apr 08, 2011 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Bermuda is the “jewel in the crown” of the British Overseas Territories and is not a tax haven, according to the UK Minister with responsibility for the Island.
Henry Bellingham, the Parliamentary Undersecretary of State at the Foreign and Commonweal...
March 23, 2011
Dear Sir,
For quite some time now I have been giving politics in Bermuda a great deal of thought, especially the notion of improving it for the benefit of the electorate. My conclusion is that Bermuda and her people would be better ser...
DATE: Apr 07, 2011 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
“One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” Henry Miller.
Tomorrow in Enterprise, Alabama one person of Irish descent will march from the town's court house to the boll weevil museum and back (don't ask) carrying a pot of go...
February 22, 2011
Dear Sir,
I would like to respond to the letter submitted by “SUVs Should RIP” in today's Gazette (February 22, 2011). RIP, I find your letter to be as ignorant as it is offensive. Clearly you have no idea why some people need to u...
DATE: Mar 10, 2011 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
