THE UK Government plans to investigate the legality of a controversial stem cell research clinic being set up on the island by Premier Ewart Brown and his wife, the Mid-Ocean News can reveal.
Dr. Brown and his wife Wanda recently joined forces with U...
DATE: Oct 07, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Gareth Finighan
Question: My nine-year-old daughter has always been a bit of a loner. She prefers playing alone to group activities. She's the oldest grandchild, and when all of the cousins are together, she takes over and becomes the organiser/caretaker. She spends...
Latest blatant racist act
October 1, 2007
Dear Sir,
The proposed legislation re: the forced hiring of black Bermudians is just one of the latest blatant racist acts of this government.
How do they have the nerve to continue to use the past discrimina...
Hold off this legislation
September 29, 2007
Dear Sir:
The recently contracted study into black males will hopefully tell us why there is not a proportional representation of all demographic groups in our workforce. However, the proposed Workforce Eq...
A cloudier economic outlook for the United States Central bank actions and statements continues to be the predominant influence on market direction and investment sentiment. The policymakers have difficult choices to make, but as many analysts have p...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Accepting the Liberty Medal for his humanitarian work in Africa, Bono exhorted Americans to keep working to solve the world's problems and spoke of those who are without freedom.
"When you are trapped by poverty, you are not free....
What a saga and song
September 20, 2007
Dear Sir,
With apologies to Blake:
Tiger says he just can't come
To this land of sun and fun
Michael took the tiger by the paw
That was just the final straw
Ewart took this as a real affront
Paula said it was a...
Among my many private worries as a parent, I've wondered if I hover too much. New research on helicopter parents confirms it: I am one.
I have plenty of company. An estimated 40 percent to 60 percent of college parents qualify as helicopter parents, ...
Further credence has been given to reports that corporate leaders within Bermuda's $64 billion reinsurance sector are reviewing exit strategies from the Island because of growing concerns about labour and immigration regulations and delays and the cu...
DATE: Sep 28, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Scott Neil
The author of this article is a senior Bermudian reinsurance executive. He is writing anonymously because of his concerns that expressing his views could result in punitive consequences towards his employer.
Since it acceded to office in 1998, the PL...
