BRITAIN does not regard Bermuda as a "non-self-governing" territory, Governor Sir John Vereker told visiting members of the United Nations Decolonisation Committee.
The Governor told the Special Mission on their visit to the island in March that he r...
DATE: Jul 08, 2005 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Kent
One of Bermuda?s most distinguishing features has long been our gunless Police officers. The absence of firearms has been a comforting site for our visitors and residents alike; an indication that violent crime hadn?t arrived at our shores. Oh how ti...
n the US, the ISM (Institute for Supply Management) manufacturing index perked up in June. This broke a downward trend that has been in place since the middle of last year, but it is unlikely that a trend reversal is about to occur. So we can retain ...
Somersfield Academy has become the first school in Bermuda to offer an International Baccalaureate certificate to Middle School aged children.
Just this month the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) recognised Somersfield Academy, along wi...
June 16, 2005
Dear Sir,
It takes a long time to earn credibility, especially in the media, and once lost it takes even longer to re-earn.
You have run a short story in today's Royal Gazette with the headline “They are paid too much already, say the p...
: I worked as a bus driver. Before that, I was an electrician on the old railway train.
Yes, taking care of the generators and the starters and the lights and such on the train, you know what I mean? I enjoyed it. I say we should all do something tha...
June 18, 2005
Dear Sir,
Tourism needs to be re-invigorated. Our Government?s income comes from a local source that is foreign owned. We are subjected therefore to an external influence in such a way that is critical to our functioning as an independe...
A truly special person
June 21, 2005
Dear Sir,
I was extremely fortunate to make the acquaintance of Orrell Davis on Saturday June 11, 2005 when I was stranded early in the morning with my dog on Berry Hill Road.
I had lost the keys to my car during ...
said when the Opposition started ?playing around? and ?noising about? with concepts like corruption, they are broadcast abroad and may be misconstrued.
?It can taint outside countries views of us. It can do an injury to this country if someone launch...
WITH images flooding the news media of Zimbabwe's urban poor being bulldozed out of their homes by the Robert Mugabe government, it is hard to dispel the impression that this country is now ruled by a power-mad dictator who is hell-bent on consolidat...
