If you’ve ever dreamed about hitting the jackpot on one of the slot machines in Bermuda’s bars, time is running out. Following the failure of a last-minute legal challenge, from midnight tonight all gaming machines will be outlawed in a...
Despite being a month into the official hurricane season, the Atlantic is still waiting for the first storm of the year, Alex, to be born. After being pounded by hurricane Fabian last year and being subjected to gloomy warnings that...
I'm pleased to announce that A Limey In Bermuda is today awarding itself charity status. The site provides a valuable service to the community and the hours of tireless effort I dedicate to this noble aim clearly accord with every...
Ever since Premier Alex Scott called for a national debate on independence back in February, there has been considerable suspicion among Bermudians, black and white, of his motives. Insisting that the issue needs to be discussed when the majority of...
It's taken a little longer than I expected, but the complaints about Bermuda's French Connection store have finally started appearing in the letters to the editor of the Royal Gazette.
Bermuda looks like it could be in for a dark, dry summer. This week BELCO have been warning locals to reduce their demand for power lest the Island be affected by rolling blackouts, and a lack of rain over the...
I had a bad feeling about last night's Euro 2004 quarter-final between England and Portugal when, as I was driving into St. George's around 7pm, I passed a man yelling from his balcony whilst waving what looked like a Brazilian...
With the taxi drivers engaged in go-slow protests and noisy demonstrations following the Government's determination to press ahead with legislation requiring them to install a GPS system in their cabs, it's difficult to have much sympathy for either side. The...
Bermuda now has its very own version of eBay. GMD consulting launched the online auction site kitchensink.bm yesterday. Thankfully the Royal Gazette included the URL in their story today, so at least we can all find it. Unfortunately, this evening...
The Foundation For Bermuda Studies will be holding its third lecture tomorrow evening in the North Hall of the Bermuda College. Hon. Justice Dr. Ian Kawaley will be speaking on "The History Of Bermuda's Constitution" while Foundation director Arthur Hodgson...
The US decision to withdraw a UN resolution seeking to extend its immunity from prosecution by the International Criminal Court (ICC) is a welcome move. It was the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal which sealed the resolution's fate, making it...
Following a request from A Limey In Bermuda, the Royal Gazette today printed further details about MP Patricia Gordon-Pamplin's experience when she called 911 to report a drunken driver, first mentioned in passing in an article in the paper last...
Why is it that whenever the local papers publish an article that’s either about a website, or references something said online, half the time they don't bother to include a URL? Examples: an article in today’s Royal Gazette about a...
As far as the debate on independence is concerned, Premier Alex Scott seems to be in a world of his own. Back in Februrary, Mr. Scott called for a national debate on the subject. Then in March he stated that...
There has been much criticism of the Government this week - and rightly so - for the shoddy manner in which it seems to manage the public finances. Parking fines, payroll taxes and pension contributions have gone uncollected, it doesn't...
Last night’s forum on independence at the BIU was extremely interesting. Most of the debate so far has been conducted in the print media; listening to people talking about the issue and seeing the emotion involved gave me a different...
This little gem was buried at the end of a story in yesterday's Royal Gazette. Opposition Member Patricia Gordon-Pamplin said she was concerned at the lack of a Police presence at certain times. She said she had called 911 to...
Calvin Smith's assertion that Bermuda faces racial hostility if the Island's white population doesn't "get on board" and support Independence must surely be one of his most ill-judged comments. "White Bermudians... fear that when we [black people] get on top...
The Queen's real birthday may be April 21st, but today's the day it's officially celebrated. Bermuda and many other countries mark the occasion with a public holiday - something that's always struck me as ironic, given that the UK itself...
It may well be the case that no financial impropriety has been committed on the Berkeley project. But the Government certainly isn't behaving that way. The vexed issue of the overdue, over-budget secondary school has been back in the headlines...
Aaaaargh. One-nil up in the ninety-first minute with only two minutes of extra time left to play. So tell me, just how did England manage to lose their opening Euro 2004 game against France two-one? Okay, so England played well...
When I first saw the ads promoting the proposed GPS system for taxis a couple of weeks ago, I was surprised. As this is something that’s currently at the centre of an acrimonious dispute between Transport Minister Dr. Ewart Brown...
The debate about Bill Cosby's recent talk continues to rage. For those who haven't heard, on May 17th Mr. Cosby gave a speech to an audience at Howard University in Washington, to mark the 50th anniversary of the US Supreme...
Isn't it interesting that the day after the Government admits that they have lost $600,000 in revenue by failing to collect unpaid parking fines, they confirm that they will be reducing the Salvation Army's funding by $267,169. As a result,...
The debate on independence looks set to hot up again next week with a public forum on the subject at the Bermuda Industrial Union (BIU). Chairman of the Orwellian-sounding Political Education Committee, Calvin Smith, will head a panel including Foundation...
What was Transport Minister Ewart Brown thinking? My first clue that the Department of Transport was doing something extremely stupid was as I was riding in to work on the bus last week and noticed a crane lowering a large...
I know how much people hate change. La Trattoria has never been the same since they reopened with a prettier interior but with fettucine alfredo and linguine con tonno missing from the dinner menu. Nonetheless, as you've probably noticed by...
Possibly one of the quirkiest – or should that be quackiest - events on Bermuda’s social calendar is the annual rubber duck race in St. George’s. This was the eighth year of the Derby, run to raise funds for local...
At this time of year in London you’re spoilt for choice for open-air concerts. Throughout the summer, at venues across the city, crowds gather to listen to classical music in the evening sun – or more usually, huddled in their...
The two speakers at the Foundation For Bermuda Studies' second lecture yesterday evening provided an interesting contrast. The first was dull but worthy. The second provided a lively display of histrionics. Initially I was worried the turnout was going to...
Northrock may now be offering DSL and long-distance phone calls at rates that are the cheapest on the Island and even comparable with those found elsewhere in the world, but as far as its web hosting charges go Bermudians are...
Just a reminder that the Foundation For Bermuda Studies will be holding its second lecture this evening. Dr. Waldaba Stewart, a lecturer on Caribbean history, will be speaking on "A Comparative Study of the Impact of Colonialism in the Caribbean"...
Today is the first anniversary of my arrival in Bermuda. A year ago today, my then-fiance (now wife) and I stepped off the British Airways flight from London, all our worldly possessions packed into suitcases in the hold or stacked...
This evening I was lucky enough to catch a glimpse of my first Night-Blooming Cereus. This remarkable vine-like cactus has flowers which bloom for only one night of the year. Beginning to open around an hour after sunset, you can...
Call for a psychiatrist. The Premier's in denial. The problem is a report published last week by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) characterising the Government's relationships with the UK and US as "strained" and describing its ability to function effectively...
I'm in the process of redesigning A Limey In Bermuda to tidy up some things I've never quite been happy with and make the site easier to navigate and use. I'd appreciate your feedback on what you like or don't...
There's hot competition for A Limey In Bermuda's 'Most Ridiculous Statement Of The Week' award this week. Following Shadow Home Affairs Minister Maxwell Burgess' win a couple of weeks ago, fellow UBP MP Louise Jackson, not to be outdone by...
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