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Letters to the Editor

"Waiting for new party"

April 22, 2011 Dear Sir, I am sure I am not alone in waiting anxiously for the two opposition parties to iron out their differences, if any, and unite to create a solid alternative to the ailing PLP. A new name for a new party is essential, and it is...
Apr 26, 2011
Other

"Your pension will be there in the future, Ministry of Finance"

Bermuda's public pension pot will be able to cope as the number of seniors more than doubles over the next 40 years, Government insisted last night. The Ministry of Finance issued a statement reassuring those who have paid into the Contributory Pensi...
Apr 26, 2011
Editorials

"Speaking to Bermuda"

Premier Paula Cox’s message to the country last Thursday night was rightly focused on the two issues of paramount importance to the Island crime and the economy. Having recently run into the first real problems she has experienced since becoming Pre...
Apr 25, 2011
Other

"Island faces pensions explosion"

The number of people turning 65 and claiming their state pension will rise by more than 150 percent this year. About 700 residents, the first batch of Bermuda’s post-war “baby boomers”, will reach retirement age and become eligible to a benefit from ...
Apr 25, 2011
Other

"Premier won’t cut Ministers’ pay, faces protest"

Premier Paula Cox rejected workers’ calls for Cabinet Ministers to take a pay cut in her first televised speech to the nation. As Ms Cox prepares to face the first major protest of her tenure a Bermuda Public Services Union march next Tuesday she sai...
Apr 23, 2011

"Captain Gibbons is given a rousing farewell"

Colourful, soul-stirring tributes, musically and verbally, were paid to Captain Horace Richard Stanley Gibbons, MBE, ED, the Retired Bandmaster of the Bermuda Regiment when his funeral service was held a week ago at St Peter’s Anglican Church in St G...
Apr 23, 2011
Other

"Apartment block is focus of city’s writ against Minister"

The Corporation of Hamilton has filed a writ against Planning Minister Walter Roban following his decision to approve the building of a ten-storey Court Street apartment. Corporation secretary Ed Benevides said the municipality was concerned that the...
Apr 21, 2011
Other

"New Regiment second in command announced"

Governor Sir Richard Gozney this afternoon announced that Major Warren Furbert has been appointed as the Second in Command of the Bermuda Regiment. Major Furbert takes over the position on June 20 following the retirement of Major George Jones, and i...
Apr 20, 2011
Politics

"UBP, BDA merger 'imminent'"

United Bermuda Party members predict a merger with the Bermuda Democratic Alliance is imminent after growing tired of prolonged negotiations. Members previously opposed to the amalgamation are said to have conceded the 47-year-old party needs to fold...
Apr 20, 2011
Opinion Writer

"Partisanship passing for debate"

In July, 1998, I sat in the office of a senior executive at XL, having just concluded our agreement for my company to conduct some research for his company. Stretching back in his chair he asked: “So who's going to win the election?” I replied, “The ...
Apr 20, 2011
Opinion Writer

"Take him seriously"

WASHINGTON It's time to take Donald Trump seriously as a presidential candidate. Three, two, one ... OK, time's up. Unbelievably, the waxen-haired real estate tycoon is at the front of the pack of contenders who are racing, or thinking about racing, ...
Apr 19, 2011
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