BERMUDIANS have never really considered the possibility that an American presidential election could impact on their lives. They have never even thought it remotely likely that Bermuda could become a major issue in a presidential campaign.
But it is ...
Self-styled “political agnostic” Corin Smith will run for the Opposition United Bermuda Party in the Sandys North by-election.
Mr. Smith, 36, has been a member of the Progressive Labour Party and was a key architect of a protest vote movement during ...
Flight plight
January 26, 2004
Dear Sir,
Dr. Ware-Cieters has blown another gasket. Not satisfied with criticising Dr. David Wingate she now attacks Stuart Smith, one of the champions of Bermuda's environment for many years. Stuart has used huge pers...
January 19, 2004
Dear Sir,
Recently I had the unpleasant experience of having to explain why a Pitbull puppy was killed by the dog warden to a group of five- to ten-year-olds.
The kids had a lot of input as to what he could have did with the puppy in...
January 20, 2004
Dear Sir,
Further to your editorial in today's paper, I think you have fallen into the same trap as the Minister of Transport.
You state: "Dr. Brown was rightly annoyed last week when he was interviewed on the issue. He noted that th...
I READ with interest the comments made by Ars Gratia Artis in a letter in last week's regarding art galleries in Bermuda. I would be grateful if you would allow me space to clarify the position and policies of the Bermuda National Gallery regarding s...
DATE: Jan 23, 2004 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Letters to the Editor
RECENTLY the Caribbean island nation of Haiti celebrated 200 years of Independence. In 1804 Haiti became only the second Independent nation in the Western Hemisphere. A slave colony of France, it required 13 years of bloody fighting between a slave a...
WHEN the people of Bermuda think of Sir John Swan, they are more likely to think of him as the island's longest serving Premier. After all, he did serve in Parliament for 25 years, from 1972 to 1997, and as Premier from 1982 to 1995. Since his depart...
JOHN Kerry was born on December 11, 1943 at Fitzsimmons Military Hospital in Denver, Colorado, where his father, Richard, who had volunteered to fly DC-3s in the Army Air Corps in World War Two, was recovering from a bout with tuberculosis.
Not long ...
THE island's four Rotary clubs are to appeal to the public for housing of exchange students this year.
With a record number of 15 local students to benefit from the charity of strangers around the world, it is hoped that Bermudians will show a simila...
