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November 8, 2012 Dear Sir, I found One Bermuda Alliance leader Craig Cannonier’s admonishment of local internet bloggers and their pointed criticism of Premier Paula Cox (The Royal Gazette November 8) both amateurish and pedantic. While he appears to...

US President Barack Obama’s re-election will be welcomed in Bermuda, where his story and message of unity remain compelling. Although it can be argued from an economic point of view that a President Romney would have been more helpful to Bermuda in ...

Premier Paula Cox will likely name the date of the next general election by the end of today, ending a long wait for thousands of voters and exhausted political advisers. With the Progressive Labour Party dominating the headlines with post-Throne Spe...

Governor George Fergusson delivers his first Speech from the Throne today, but everyone listening will know that whatever plans are in it aren’t worth much more than the paper they are written on. That’s not because they have no value, but because t...

It’s too bad an approaching election is the only thing that seems to get the Government focused on the people’s business. The recent announcement of a Jobs Corps youth work programme is a case in point. The programme, which aims to help young people ...

Political exchanges in the lead-up to the next general election have become so heated that good old common sense has been sidelined as emotions on both sides leave those trying to keep a cool head in a state of utter bewilderment. In much of the curr...

October 11, 2012 Dear Sir, ‘Stronger powers for Family Council planned’. Your reporter reporting on the above named topic, quotes Minister Blakeney as saying: “This will give the Council a more defined role in promoting the strengthening of families,...

Kenneth Bascome is to run as the OBA candidate for St George’s North and could continue as mayor should he win a seat in Parliament. Opposition leader Craig Cannonier said the party’s lawyers had examine the Bermuda Constitution and concluded it was ...