Today in HistoryToday is Thursday, October 2, the 275th day of 2003. There are 90 days left in the year.
ON THIS DATE
In 1890, comedian Groucho Marx was born in New York.
In 1919, US President Wilson suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyse...
Premier Alex Scott is scheduled to meet today with Overseas Territories Minister Bill Rammell.
In a Press statement issued by the Department of Communication and Information (DCI), Mr. Scott referred to an "earlier erroneous press report" in and desc...
September 25, 2003
Dear Sir
I write not only for myself, but for other individuals in the community who would like to publicly commend the eight-year old boy involved in the five-day sexual assault trial that concluded last week, for the brave and co...
Premier Alex Scott is likely to have difficulty convincing the United Kingdom Government that disposal of asbestos at the former Baselands is its responsibility and not Bermuda's.
Last week Mr. Scott told The Royal Gazette that "it is arguably a Brit...
Greg Haycock is proof positive of what Bermudian accountants might realistically aspire to - the top.
Of course, Mr. Haycock isn't the first Bermudian to successfully scale the proverbial corporate ladder at a local accounting firm - there are numero...
Naked ambition
September 20, 2003
Dear Sir,
How is anyone supposed to identify the yellow-hooded bandit when his "naughty bits" have been covered, boxed out and just plain censored, perhaps someone will recognise his chest hairs!
How about some equal...
September 17, 2003
Dear Sir,
Because of one man the BIU is angry with thousands have to suffer! What is wrong here? We've had massive damage done to the Island and we've been praised for the way we all pulled together to handle the situation. Now thi...
September 11, 2003
Dear Sir,
My thoughts and prayers were for the people of Bermuda and Bermuda during Mother Nature's visit in the form of Fabian. I would tell the writer from Ohio, September 7th, that Mother Nature does not insult. Man insults and ...
SOME Bermudians subscribe to a number of peculiarly defeatist notions. Chief among them is the belief that a kind of chaos theory of disaster relief management comes into play every time the island emerges on the losing end of a major skirmish with n...
Still a destination of preference
There is a ship full of angry Bostonians somewhere in Canada.
Their cruise, originally due to come to Bermuda this week, was diverted at the last minute to Nova Scotia.
Radio stations in the US city were flooded with...
