CONTINUING controversy surrounds the 1928 Tucker's Town land expropriations. The latest instalments in this long-running saga appeared in a recent Bermuda Sun front page story which featured Eugene Stovell recalling the recollection of his grandmothe...
Costs of playing cowboy
January 1, 2002
Dear Sir,
I was wondering (hopefully, I guess) when George W. is going to come out of this John Wayne wet dream he's having before it's too late and he realises that pretty soon Joe Public won't stick his nose ...
THE top international story of 2002, in my view, is the growing perception of the world's estrangement from America's role as the world's only remaining superpower. This has not always been the case. There was a time when the United States, despite i...
I'm like the Johnny Appleseed of beer," says Jim Koch, chief executive of the Boston Beer Company, as he pours the perfect glass of beer in a Bermuda bar.
His beer is exported all over the world, and this week the whole company is celebrating a succe...
On October 23, 2002, the front page of The Royal Gazette, the main daily Bermuda newspaper, proudly recorded that local gangsters had been foiled by the legendary efficiency of the Bermuda Police. Fifty-six boxes of eggs had been intercepted, alleged...
WHAT could be termed weapons of mass distraction continue to be the favourite ordinance in the arsenals of Bermuda's politicians. Like the military's stun grendades, which produce eardrum-rupturing bangs and blinding magnesium flashes designed to dis...
Despite objections from the Opposition and one Independent Senator, a bill enhancing the Bermuda Monetary Authority's ability to fight financial crime was passed in the Upper House yesterday.
Senators heard that the legislation would extend the BMA's...
Just what is it about Barbadian men and cooking? Lifestyle's Lawrence Trott probes the phenomenon of why so many men from Barbados `turn their hand' in the kitchen and are proud of it.
When Bermudians think of Barbadian men they probably think of mac...
December 9, 2002
Dear Sir,
Your editorial staff would be advised to cheek to accuracy of reports given to you by Reuters News Agency. I have noticed mistake after mistake. The latest is on Page 33, Saturday, December 7, 2002.
My information is that O...
Parliament passed legislation yesterday which clarified The Bermuda Monetary Authority's (BMA) role in fighting financial crimes and enhanced the regulator's independence.
But the Opposition United Bermuda Party (UBP) criticised the bill's wording sa...
