TEACHERS PAY DISPUTE
A pay dispute caused teachers at a majority of the Island's public schools to "work to rule". Bermuda Union of Teachers general secretary Mike Charles alleged the dispute was about the Government "reneging" on a payment package d...
Get over it!
December 28, 2007
Dear Sir,
Please allow me to respond to the letter from 'Sad for Bermuda' regarding an apology he/she thinks is owed to Michael Dunkley. Are you serious?
You asked the question: "Do you really think Mr. Dunkley would be...
Responsibilities for the Judiciary, Legislature and the Department of Public Prosecution have been handed back to the new Attorney General after she dealt with "private matters".
Last week Premier Ewart Brown announced his new Cabinet, which included...
Bermudians can't drive
December 20, 2007
Dear Sir,
Occam's Razor states "one should not increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything". I have applied this mediaeval philosophy to a rather large and persisten...
It didn't happen
December 14, 2007
Dear Sir,
Thank you for allowing me the space to respond to the letter from Wendell Hollis, December 10, 2007. What a wonderful opportunity! The UBP never "forced" any Bermudian to Independence! Mr. Hollis states th...
Acting Opposition Leader Patricia Gordon-Pamplin has accused Premier Ewart Brown of micromanaging and not trusting his colleagues after he kept both Transport and Tourism while also taking some legal aspects off the Attorney General in his new Cabine...
THE TURBULENT General Election campaign is now behind us and the Christmas Season is upon us. As is my custom at this time of year, I'm abandoning the cut-and-thrust of current events and the hard talk on issues of the day that normally dominate this...
UBP: Deaf, mute & blind
December 20, 2007
Dear Sir,
The UBP and its supporting cast remind me of those three little Monkeys. Who never saw, heard or spoke any evil. Now that they have lost their third straight election. They are putting it down to a ...
The hurt, bloodshot eyes said it all – Michael Dunkley has been up most of the night talking chewing over the bitter shock of losing an election, his seat in Parliament and the leadership of his party in one crushing blow.
And while he hasn't shed a ...
Bermuda needs a new political system which combines the abilities of the best leaders from all party backgrounds, political commentator Stuart Hayward said yesterday.
Under an ideal system, individuals would be elected into subsequently appointed lea...
DATE: Dec 20, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
