THE grey dawn light on the morning of May 9, 1782, revealed to the masthead lookout of the Continental frigate Deane a strange sail on the horizon. Even at a distance, he guessed that the vessel with the raked-back masts to leeward was a Bermudian pr...
Matching people with jobs is not an easy thing to do. Britt Reiss enjoys the challenge of the role so much that she's been doing it for 16 years. The president of The James Partnership spoke with The Royal Gazette's Alex Wright about her life in the ...
Campaigner Willard Fox is calling for Government to provide better transport options for the disabled as he slammed plans for a dial-a-ride scheme.
His call follows news that Age Concern will be running an 18-month transport study to look at what exi...
Elbow Xmas parking
December 23, 2008
Dear Sir,
Every year a lot of people go and spend Christmas morning on Elbow Beach.
Every year the police put tickets on all the illegally parked cars on South Road.
While I understand that they are parked illegal...
Bermuda Masters cricketers have played their part in spreading a little Christmas cheer this year, raising funds which will go towards the purchase of a new computer and computer software at the Sunshine League children's home.
The goodwill ambassado...
DATE: Dec 24, 2008 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Colin Thompson
Ban overtaking
December 16, 2008
Dear Sir,
I wish I'd written this letter sooner. Passing/overtaking should just simply be made illegal on Bermuda's roads – for both cars and bikes. The roads here really are unique – they are almost always so windy, ...
Soup for travel or travel for soup – it goes either way for the students at The Education Centre who are trying to raise funds for an educational trip to Ghana.
The students and teachers are holding a Soup and Bun Fundraiser and people can either dro...
Former businessman Phillip Rego decided to sell his company this year and funnel his time and energy not into retirement, but charity work.
The 50-year-old Bermudian now finds himself helping children in some of the poorest countries in the world, in...
The voyage from Alexandria took three weeks and then the white buildings and dark green juniper groves of Bermuda came in sight. The Dunera arrived on 2nd December. The Battalion disembarked on the 3rd and 5th and were at once split up into three det...
Human Rights Commission chair Venous Memari yesterday publicly called for the commission to be made independent from Government.
Ms Memari described the HRC, whose members are currently appointed on the advice of the Premier, as "an arm's length agen...
DATE: Dec 11, 2008 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
