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Headlines make me ask: what have we become?

Dear Sir, What have we become? Following are the headlines of the past few weeks. In repeating the late JFK: “It’s not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” • “Man charged with injuring two people“ • “Man charged w...
Aug 15, 2015
Other

Remembering Bermuda’s lost sailors

Bermuda’s lost sailors were remembered during an historic ceremony at sea organised through the Guild of the Holy Compassion in partnership with the Department of Marine and Ports. The Royal Gazette was invited to witness and document yesterday’s ev...
Aug 15, 2015
Other

Lonely sailor’s love letter found in bottle

A love letter from a lonely sailor to his sweetheart in Croatia has come to light after drifting the seas for more than a decade. Al Thomas was just cruising in his boat last Sunday, watching the annual Round the Island Power Boat Race, when he came ...
Aug 15, 2015
Other

More than 1,000 sign horse safety petition

A petition to protect Bermuda’s horses from being overworked in the scorching summer heat has garnered more than 1,000 signatures, including some from overseas. Erin Lovell, who set up the online petition after a horse collapsed in the street, said t...
Aug 14, 2015
Parenting

"Fighting against the odds to finish school "

Tiffany Paynter has a month to raise $25,000.It’s the final step in a huge effort by the 30-year-old to get her degree from Queen’s University.She dropped out of the Canadian institution after her family ran into financial difficulties in 2005. Schol...
Aug 13, 2015
Other

Cricket protest takes Sid’s Seafood off menu

For the first time in a quarter of a century, Sid’s Seafood will be off the menu at an Eastern Counties cricket match. Gary Caisey, owner of the popular seafood concession, has suspended his services indefinitely in protest against a spate of controv...
Aug 11, 2015
Arts & Entertainment

Author throws new light upon Gunpowder Plot

Anyone interested in Bermuda’s Gunpowder Plot should give Michael Marsh’s new book a read. He claims it’s “the defining story” of those events on August 14, 1775. “I had so many questions about the Gunpowder Plot and I had to find the answers,” he s...
Aug 10, 2015
Opinion Writer

My man seems depressed after losing his job

Dear Dr Nekia, Since my man has lost his job, I think that he has gone into a bit of depression. He drinks far more often and seems unhappy but will not admit that he is not himself. It is starting to affect our household in more ways than just finan...
Aug 10, 2015
Religion

Organist: music central to my spirituality

Max Kenworthy has performed at recitals around the globe — from New Zealand, to Hong Kong to Germany. Tomorrow the 38-year-old organist will share his gift with music lovers in Bermuda. Mr Kenworthy, the son-in-law of Governor George Fergusson, is ...
Aug 08, 2015
Other

Celebrating an educational milestone

This columnist encountered many interesting personalities who ventured home from near and far for the Cup Match/Emancipation Day celebrations. We have no hesitation declaring up front that the most esteemed was the ambitious, hard working Theodore S ...
Aug 08, 2015
Other

Horse collapse prompts appeal for shelter

An animal charity is renewing its appeal for a designated water shelter for horses to be built in Dockyard. The call comes after a horse collapsed in the searing heat at 12.30pm on Wednesday while returning to its stable. Several people went to the a...
Aug 07, 2015
Parenting

From welding to the joy of teaching art

Michael Walsh was in his mid-thirties before he found his place in life. He quit his job as a welder and became a full-time art teacher at the Bermuda College. Three years later, the 39-year-old considers it one of the best decisions he’s ever made....
Aug 06, 2015
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