looking glass'' quality; everything is done in reverse, which in practical terms makes no sense at all.
A classic example of this is the apparently common practice of Government departments spending any remaining funds as quickly as they can as the e...
Spare cash left in Government coffers at the end of the financial year should be carried over to avoid last-minute spending sprees to use up budgets, according to top UK Civil Service experts.
They said allowing money earmarked for Government service...
DATE: Jan 18, 2000 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda's most famous daughter nearly left her homeland for good because of the racial and gender prejudice she feared she would encounter on return from studying in Britain.
Young Lois Brown had been studying law in London and thought seriously abou...
The Tall Ships Race 2000, which sails into Bermuda this June, will not be the only event boasting processions of beautiful sailing ships on the Atlantic Ocean.
As well as the fleet of vessels taking part in the race, there will be tall ships from 60 ...
On Valentine's Day in 1991, a young Pembroke woman received a gift that would change her life forever. On that day, she gave birth to her only child -- a beautiful baby boy, whom she named Taejahn.
At first the infant seemed to be doing all right, an...
The British government by now must feel pity for those of us in Bermuda who voted for Bermuda to remain a colony, yet want to retain the death penalty.
We simply cannot have it both ways. To brand those government members who absented themselves from...
held to ransom'' if the Bermuda Industrial Union became the "cohesive'' voice for the taxi industry.
But Transport Minister Ewart Brown said Ms Gordon's view was "very negative'', adding Government saw the BIU much more as a "partner'', a relationshi...
The Royal Gazette reporter Lisa York-Cox asked people on the streets of Hamilton which 20th century decade they thought outdid all the rest.
It seemed a simple enough question: What was your favourite decade? But this assignment quickly became an en...
A little over a week ago, seven prominent historians gathered at The Royal Gazette's offices to decide on the 100 people who had made the greatest contribution to the Island's history.
They were asked to choose the 100 on the basis of their impact.
I...
of the "traditional'' holiday season. There's nothing I like better than a December walk on the quiet sand at Elbow Beach. That's where I met Nathan.
It was the week before Christmas, late in the afternoon. I was walking along the high water mark, lo...
