What is the Governor's role?
March 4, 2003
Dear Sir,
I thought the Governor ws only supposed to make appointments; not get involved in the running of the country! Why is he initiating a review of the legal system? I thought he was responsible for ext...
Bermuda needs to be saved from the anarchist, backbencher Dale Butler said yesterday in a speech laced with criticism at the leadership of his party.
But he also offered a number of ideas on involving a broader section of Bermudians in decision-makin...
1963 - February - Formation of the party; First party platform adopted,calling for tax equity, ending racial discrimination, greater economic parity, electoral reform and a host of social programs. Three months later contested the general election wi...
It is a "hallmark" of Bermuda's history, say supporters, but also a time for reflection as the Progressive Labour Party (PLP) celebrates its 40th anniversary throughout this year.
No one is surprised that Bermuda's first political party has come this...
The Bermuda Land Development Corporation (BLDC) still aims to become financially self-sufficient in 2003, said Minister without portfolio Neletha Butterfield in the House of Assembly on Wednesday.
Speaking for Housing Minister Col. David Burch during...
There were around 60 outstanding complaints against the Police lodged with the Police Complaints Authority last month.
However Home Affairs Minister Terry Lister said it was down from 100 two months previously and that the backlog was being addressed...
WHEN the Duchess of Windsor proclaimed, "You can never be too rich or too thin", she might have added: "Or too comfortable." The royals and nobility of this world are not about to tear themselves away from their assorted posh estates, historic castle...
LAST Saturday, February 15, was an historic day for Bermuda as it was for much of the world.
On that day millions of people, including hundreds in Bermuda, voiced an emphatic "No" to the idea of going to war against Iraq. What is more significant abo...
Enforce the law
February 7, 2003
Dear Sir,
There is a very simple solution to the problem of drivers and riders using cell phones.
Enforce the law as it applies to driving without due care and attention.
Johnny made my day
February 12, 2003
Dear Sir,...
AT first blush, he may have seemed a miscast warrior. A soft-spoken connoisseur of good food, better wines and the fine arts, a scholar possessed of a formidable and wide-ranging intellect, the model of courtliness, Dr. Stanley Ratteray might more ea...
