When award-winning Bermudian dancer Nikia Manders, who is currently pursuing her Master’s degree in dance education, was given the opportunity to join 12 fellow students on a two-week, New York University ‘Study Abroad’ programme to East Africa, she ...
Whistleblowing hypocrisy
June 8, 2007
Dear Sir,
Wasn’t it this Government which promised to introduce legislation to protect whistle-blowers? The time is now.
BANANAPHOBIC
Delegates, replace The Doc
June 6, 2007
Dear Sir,
Dr. Brown has shamed the goo...
FRIDAY JUNE 1: The Mid-Ocean News names Premier Ewart Brown and a host of other Government MPs as being among the targets of a now-closed Police probe into corruption at the Bermuda Housing Corporation probe. Fresh allegations link construction boss ...
As the Government’s fiscal watchdog, the Office of Auditor General monitors public accounts for any signs of mismanagement or fraud.
Under the Bermuda Constitution Order, it is independent of any authority — being answerable only to the Governor.
The...
KHARTOUM (Reuters) — With eight-lane highways adorned by huge television screens advertising Sudanese companies, Khartoum does not appear to fit the image of capital of the world’s most failed state.But an index published by US-based Foreign Policy m...
Two Democratic members of the US Congress will co-chair this year’s American Independence Day celebrations on the Island, which organisers are hoping will make it into the Guinness Book of World Records.
GK Butterfield, whose father was born in St. G...
DATE: Jun 19, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
The media should not be gagged from reporting further revelations from a leaked Police dossier on the Bermuda Housing Corporation (BHC) scandal, Chief Justice Richard Ground has ruled.
However, the public should not expect more from the file which m...
Tribute to Dame Lois
May 29, 2007
Dear Sir,
Bermuda has suffered a great loss today. My dear friend and mentor Dame Lois Browne-Evans has died. I still have great difficulty believing that there will be no more lengthy political or topical discussion...
BELGRADE (Reuters) — Once again Western strategy in the Balkans is under strain, with the United States calling clearly for independence for Kosovo while the 27-member European Union worries about legal technicalities and internal divisions. US Presi...
WHO says Bermuda's youth aren't informed about current affairs? A new locally-based Internet group calling itself Students Against Independence & Government Corruption in Bermuda is discussing the island's affairs on the popular Facebook web site and...
