Dear Sir,
I have written before about the senior management of our Civil Service, which is a key factor in its level of accountability and efficiency. I identified what I believe to be the fatal flaw in its structure and here is a brief recap:
We kno...
DATE: Jul 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor | AUTHOR: Letters to the Editor
Have you ever wondered how two siblings can turn out to be totally different in character? I have two daughters who were brought up by the same parents and grew up in the same context. Both had similar life experiences and were instilled with the sam...
Brownlow Place, who turns 106 tomorrow, did not just see Bermuda change from a rigidly segregated community to a modern democracy, he was at the centre of many of the changes through his family’s newspaper, The Recorder. This week he shared his memor...
Haiti’s flag will be given a place of pride at Somerset Cricket Club for Cup Match in tribute to the Caribbean nation’s historic role in Emancipation.
Ernest Peets, the Minister of Youth, Culture and Sport, joined the presentation of the flag to Dawn...
DATE: Jul 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
A case management system that is the “lifeblood” of the island’s courts must be replaced as a priority, the Registrar of the Courts said.
Alexandra Domingues noted in an annual report that the judiciary was told the funding needed to buy an up-to-dat...
On July 7, British prime minister Boris Johnson finally resigned. Or claimed he would resign. Undone by his own Cabinet ministers, who in realising that their own credibily was at stake, he decided to jump ship.
What does this mean for the British Ov...
DATE: Jul 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Christopher Famous
The constitutional stand-off over whether Bermuda is allowed to legalise cannabis took a new twist as it emerged the British foreign secretary is currently considering if the controversial move can go ahead.
It remains unclear when Liz Truss, who is ...
Almost 200 trainee cadets, officers and permanent crew members of the US Coast Guard training vessel Eagle have made port in Bermuda under the ship’s first female captain Jessica Rozzi-Ochs.
The 295-foot barque is visiting the island for the 39th tim...
DATE: Jul 09, 2022 | CATEGORY: Transport | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
With the idea that it takes a village to raise a child, Tyasha Ming took to MAJ’s List.
Her plan was to provide a summer mentorship programme for students between the ages of 13 and 15.
All she needed to pull it off were people with a range of skill ...
“... the children are our are future
Teach them well and let them lead the way”
– Lyrics from The Greatest Love of All
It has been said that Bermuda’s most excellent resource is our people; without investment in our people, particularly our ...
