message..."Kiskadee!'' ...a delivery.
Standing in the kitchen, another morning marinated in sunshine, dew from the leaves and grass. How she would have enjoyed this winter Sunday! The riot of competitive singing from the birds she had so loved. The ...
He said: "He mentioned my brother's name. It was a difficult thing to hear. I thought if I had a hammer I would have made sure he felt some of the pain we felt.
"But at the same time that emotion came to me it ran out of me. I remembered the importan...
regulation in Bermuda and the other UK overseas territories, it was revealed yesterday.
And the examination of the Island's financial health is expected to be completed by summer next year.
Foreign Office junior Minister Baroness Scotland said: "The ...
DATE: Dec 16, 1999 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The House of Assembly on Friday passed regulations giving the Bermuda Monetary Authority new powers -- but MPs disagreed on how sweeping the changes were.
Finance Minister Eugene Cox said: "This is the first time there has been major overhaul of regu...
enhance the independence and supervisory powers of the Bermuda Monetary Authority.
These measures, which are in keeping with internationally accepted principles, are essential to maintaining Bermuda's standing as a reputable offshore jurisdiction.
Th...
The concept of the Bermuda dollar breaking its links with the United States dollar is not a `credible' way forward for the Island, according to a leading analyst.
Preston Hutchings, chief investment officer of RenaissanceRe Holdings, in an opinion pi...
of the House of Assembly.
And the Opposition United Bermuda Party is gearing up for a major attack on the ruling Progressive Labour Party's record of controlling the public purse.
The clash is brewing over the near $5 million third supplementary esti...
DATE: Dec 10, 1999 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
abolish the death penalty, the people of Bermuda have still had little say -- and even less information about the Government's position -- on the linked issue of closer ties with the UK.
Abolishing the death penalty and judicial corporal punishment w...
the Pembroke West Central seat she lost at last year's General Election.
Mrs. Cartwright DeCouto -- together with former Minister Jerome Dill -- were both backed by their branch of the Opposition UBP at a special meeting. The two lost their seats in ...
DATE: Nov 30, 1999 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The 11 of November 1998 was different, for last year it was a party and we, the people who lost love ones, felt that our dead were dishonoured.
This year our dead let everyone know they were fighting men and it was payback time and the dead got their...