Crime is increasingly the biggest concern of Bermuda residents, following a spate of shootings and violence this summer.
Twenty-nine percent of voters — up from 21 percent — said crime was the number one issue facing the Island, in a poll at the end ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Eight out of ten young people do not want Independence, according to Research.bm's latest poll.
Opposition to splitting from Britain has strengthened since Premier Ewart Brown put Bermuda's relationship with the UK under the spotlight with his Uighur...
DATE: Jul 18, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Never an option
July 7, 2009
Dear Sir,
In the July 4 edition of The Royal Gazette a letter entitled "Uighurs decision was decisive" was published and aroused my attention. Perhaps it may seem that I am being pedantic but, rather than arguing the poi...
Her 'bêtes noires'
July 2, 2009
Dear Sir,
As a professional proofreader, I was delighted to see Helle Patterson's letter in today's Royal Gazette. First, may I add to her plural/singular list: the word "data" is plural — "the data are useful", not "t...
Stale, old, tired, and worn
July 7, 2009
Dear Sir,
On the issue of Minister Walter Roban's response to Ms. Claire Smith, I submit the following:
How did you Mr. Roban, in your hatefully ignorant response to Ms. Smith, know her ethnicity? Because her...
A new law reducing the cost to operate a limousine service in Bermuda was passed in the Senate yesterday.
The Motor Car Amendment Act (No. 3) will reduce the limousine permit fee from $100,000 to $50,000 to allow more than the current two companies t...
DATE: Jul 09, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other |
Today is Wednesday, July 8, the 189th day of 2009. There are 176 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1663, King Charles II of England granted a Royal Charter to Rhode Island.
In 1776, Col. John Nixon gave the first public reading of the Declarati...
What better way to celebrate France than with great food and wine?
Alliance Française of Bermuda will be marking the French Bastille Day with cocktails and dinner.
On July 14, 'le Quatorze Juillet', there will be French cocktails and dinner at Beau R...
LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar dipped against the euro on Friday, reversing some of its sharp gains the previous session following weak US jobs data which dampened hopes that the global economy is poised to recover.
Trading was extremely thin, however...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - With Wall Street stuck in a range since May, the start of second-quarter earnings season this week could prove to be a decisive factor for determining how much faith investors should have in an economic recovery.
After a rally of...
