What's the big rush?
October 26, 2008
Dear Sir,
It is Sunday, 26 October at 10.25 a.m. I have just driven by the very controversial parking area for the US Consulate on the Clifton property on Middle Road in Devonshire. There were at least eight (Wor...
Government and some of the Island's hotels announced last week – following an exclusive report in this newspaper – that they are paying for a feasibility study on the controversial question of gambling in Bermuda.
For years now, some hotels and touri...
BERMUDA is a rumour mongering country and I think gossip is probably our number one national pastime. I don't think that too many people will disagree with this statement. But there are problems associated with all of these half-truths that are passe...
October 23, 2008
Please allow me space for my opinion on the overlap between the PGA Grand Slam of Golf and Bermuda's first National Heroes' Day. Based on the events that took place, it appears that the public was given a holiday to watch Dr. Brown p...
Government has confirmed there are no plans to hold a referendum on Independence in the near future.
The Premier's press secretary Glenn Jones said yesterday: "There is no date established for any referendum at the moment."
On Saturday, Premier Ewart...
A lobby group has described the Premier's delay on a referendum on Independence as "insulting" to the general public.
Michael G. Marsh, organiser of Bermudians for Referendum, said Government should hold a poll in the next six months, rather than "ig...
A referendum on Independence would fail if it went to the polls today, Premier Ewart Brown told students at a UK dinner Saturday night.
However he maintained that Government remains committed to the issue, insisting it was an inevitable part of the I...
RECENTLY in the Mid-Ocean News I used the example of a larger-than-life statue of Ghanaian leader Kwame Nkrumah as a fitting example of why Bermudian freedom fighter Sarah (Sally) Bassett should be commemomarated with an epic piece of statuary. I wen...
To best monitor the more than 1,400 re/insurers registered in Bermuda, the Bermuda Monetary Authority should extend its regulatory framework, urge the industry to improve transparency, boost staffing and periodically review its relationship with the ...
MORAL courage, the willingness to brave rejection, opposition and opprobrium, has never been a common virtue. Not in Bermuda. Not in the world at large. Which is why it's generally regarded as the acid test for heroism - that ability to maintain what...
