While you may (because you recognise the words) be thinking about Diana Ross and some of the sweetest music ever written, my mind has turned to Sir Peter Ramsbotham, Governor of Bermuda in the late '70s.
Sir Peter was the last, indeed only, Governor ...
FORMER Premier Sir John Swan came under intense media and public scrutiny this week in the wake of remarks lambasting his own United Bermuda Party while praising Alex Scott's leadership of the Progressive Labour Party Government and echoing the curre...
Finance Minister Eugene Cox, Speaker of the House of Assembly Stanley Lowe, and veteran educator Merle Brock Swan Williams were among the Bermudians who have been recognised in this year?s New Year?s honour list.
Mr. Cox, who is also the deputy leade...
The year's biggest political story was undoubtedly the dramatic ousting of former Premier Jennifer Smith by rebels in her own party just days after she had led the Progressive Labour Party to victory in the July 24 election.
But the very public stand...
Tag day a success
December 28, 2003
Dear Sir,
The Sunshine League Children?s Home extends a heartfelt ?thank you? to all of those who assisted on our tag days held on December 5 and December 6.
We especially would like to thank the taggers, some of w...
December 24, 2003
Dear Sir,
When I was a child, I did childish things. When I became a man, I did away with childish things. I come from a privileged background, with three sisters and four brothers. Having the privilege of being reared from a single...
Former Premier Sir John Swan has praised Alex Scott's Government while launching a stinging critique of his own party.
He said the United Bermuda Party's white elite were a turn off for voters and potential black candidates alike and he said wholesal...
Sir John Swan has praised Premier Alex Scott's pro-Bermudian stance over the appointment of the Chief Justice.
He said Mr. Scott was right to favour naturalised Bermudian Norma Wade-Miller over Englishman Richard Ground.
And he said the row had shown...
Government House has reminded Premier Alex Scott that Governors will continue to have a "key role" in judicial appointments.
The day after the Premier accused Britain of reverting to a "colonial model which we thought had been relegated to history" w...
AS has become a Yuletide tradition for this column, at this time of year I declare a truce in the normal cut-and-thrust of political discourse and embrace the sentiments of the holiday season ? making a list (and checking it twice) of gifts that I wo...
