ARE we about to see an old fashioned scramble for land and territory reminiscent of the bad old days of empire-building and the rise of colonialism? I suppose the region in question could not remain inviolate to the competing territorial ambitions of...
Government last night remained tight-lipped over plans concerning its long-awaited TV station originally due to go live in June.
Last year, it allotted $840,000 for the project and in this year's budget, set aside $690,000 and five full time staff to...
When $115,000 was raised by big business and those who work in the gleaming citadels of Hamilton's financial neighbourhood to help Bermudian special-needs children at last year's May 24 Marathon Derby it seemed unlikely the astonishing effort would b...
DATE: Sep 10, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Scott Neil
Bermuda's future Governor paid the Island a flying visit at the end of last week.
The low-key trip was career diplomat Sir Richard Gozney's first trip here ahead of his appointment at the end of the year.
Sir Richard, who is British High Commissioner...
@rh18bold:Today in History
Today is Monday, September 10, the 253rd day of 2007. There are 112 days left in the year.
On this date
In 1608, John Smith was elected president of the Jamestown colony council in Virginia.
In 1813, an American naval force...
@rh18bold:Today In History
Today is Saturday, September 8, the 251st day of 2007. There are 114 days left in the year.
on this date
In 1565, a Spanish expedition establishes the first permanent European settlement in North America at present-day St. ...
September 3, 2007
THIS letter is prompted by the recent articles on educational matters. I am led to the despairing conclusion that all that will follow will be as ill- advised and unfair as making Rosemary Tyrell the scapegoat.
In the first place sh...
Thanks for your support
August 27, 2007
Dear Sir,
I would firstly like to thank so many, many people for their kind comments concerning keeping horses in the City of Hamilton. Not only from the older generation but from the younger generation. So man...
CONTROVERSIAL education chief Ellen-Kate Horton has slammed the public school system as chaotic and "a disaster in the making", according to documents obtained by the Mid-Ocean News.
In a politically-laced, racially-charged memorandum to members of t...
Some cruise stops are so brief, one comes away with only a fleeting glimpse of a port. Regent's Seven Seas Mariner docked in Juneau, the Alaskan capital, at 7.30 a.m. and reboarding was scheduled for 1.30 p.m. Not much time.
Docked is actually the wr...
