C.V. “Jim” Woolridge was most famous for his many years as tourism minister.
A man of strong views, he said in his memoirs, The House that Jack Built, that he was “hired, fired, rehired, refired and then rehired again” from the ministry for standing ...
DATE: Aug 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
“Progress to a Fairer Bermuda” is the theme of this year’s Labour Day march and rally.
President of the Bermuda Trade Union Congress Jason Hayward encouraged the community to join the march at Union Square on Monday, September 3, from 11am.
Mr Haywa...
DATE: Aug 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Dear Sir,
I write in response to a recently published letter written by Raymond Russell which was titled “The possibilities if we go it alone”.
I have known Mr Russell for many years and have had many conversations about Bermuda with him. I have alwa...
DATE: Aug 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor | AUTHOR: Letters to the Editor
Dear Sir,
I would like to bring back to the attention of the public an issue I had written to you about some time ago. The more I sit and observe our citizenship and status situation as a somewhat semi-stateless people, I ask myself this question: ar...
DATE: Aug 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor | AUTHOR: Letters to the Editor
Ada Nyabongo has been teaching piano for almost 80 years.
Just about anyone who visits the 92 year old’s Hamilton Parish home is fair game for a lesson.
Don’t try to dodge it by saying you’re not musical.
“What do you mean you’re not musical?” is h...
DATE: Aug 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
Britain would breach international obligations if it failed to enforce legal recognition for same-sex unions in its Overseas Territories, a former Cayman Islands lawyer has said.
Leonardo Raznovich, joint vice-chairman of the International Bar Associ...
DATE: Aug 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Dear Sir,
As an independent country, we will be able to collect all monies from all the airlines that fly through our airspace. What do I mean by our airspace? All that open space that covers the island’s landmass, and its 300 miles out to the bounda...
DATE: Aug 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor | AUTHOR: Letters to the Editor
Imran Khan, whose university idols used to be Mick Jagger and Karl Marx, once described himself to me as a “humble sinner” in an interview.
We were sitting in the sylvan surroundings of his Bani Gala residence, a mansion built at the top of a steep h...
Dear Sir,
I will be 70 years of age on my next birthday and I would like to think that I have lived long enough to acquire enough knowledge and understanding of the facts and the realities of the life into which I was born.
My grandmother had always...
DATE: Jul 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
Bankers HSBC got into the Cup Match spirit yesterday with a special motorcade to celebrate the holiday.
The motorcade travelled along Front Street and Church Street and staff played soca music and handed out flags in the colours of St George’s Cricke...
