Dear Sir,
When England established a colony in Bermuda almost 400 years ago it put in place a Westminster form of legislature and an independent judiciary with the Governor as head of the executive and assumed responsibility for ensuring that the col...
GOOD scientists must remain honest to their field of specialisation, and resist bias when making statements to the public. This applies even more stringently to those scientists who have achieved any sort of notoriety, since the general public will g...
DATE: Jan 02, 2004 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Letters to the Editor
NOEL Coward stoically endured most of his enforced tax exile in Bermuda serving as a reluctant tourist attraction rather than writing. The razor-witted Recording Angel who chronicled the long, slow death of Britain's class system with vivacity and pi...
ON some levels, it would seem, Mr. Bill Cook and I share the same world view. For instance, I have read some of his opinions on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict on the Letters to the Editor page and largely concur with him.
In addition, I believe tha...
Y common consent it was a rather dull General Election campaign that was fought out in the heat of July.
One prominent observer, Julian Hall, bemoaning the lack of meaty debate, even dubbed it "the Seinfeld Election", because it was "about nothing".
...
DATE: Jan 02, 2004 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Kent
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...
