It was while trying to find an email address for PLP spokesman Scott Simmons the other day that I discovered he's not the only member of the PLP who's hard to track down. The PLP's website doesn't contain contact information...
There appear to be three topics with the power to really get people excited. Next time my hits start dropping off I'm going to do a post on black American bishops.
In the spirit of the Imagine Bermuda project, I'd like to suggest something that every Bermudian could do that might help bring the Island a smidgen closer together. The idea came to me as I was heading into St. George's...
While responding to criticism about his recent comments on the need for Bermuda’s “have-nots” to have more, which the Mid Ocean News on Friday interpreted as a plan for “a dose of redistributive taxation”, Premier Alex Scott denied that he...
Premier Alex Scott was in London last week, talking about the need to redistribute Bermuda’s wealth and asking whether a referendum or an election should be the means for achieving independence. But while he was trying to forget the problems...
For those who are curious about the Imagine Bermuda initiative, here are the four questions that were used to frame the debate at Thursday’s meeting in St. George’s. I’ve reworded some of them slightly to make them applicable to the...
There’s a reason why I’m a writer and not a politician. I’m much more comfortable debating ideas online than I am discussing them with a room full of strangers. So it was with mounting panic that I realised that the...
Trying to read meaning into the results of an unscientific poll is fraught with danger at the best of times. But last week's survey, in which I asked who you thought would make the best leader of the UBP, seems...
Remember those stockpiles of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) we were assured Saddam Hussein had assembled in Iraq in the run-up to the American-led invasion last year? Remember the way George Bush slowly began talking about "WMD-related programme activities" rather...
Shares of Adobe have plummeted on news that the Government’s Transport Control Department (TCD) will soon begin issuing a new driving licence that doesn’t look quite so much like it’s been knocked together in Photoshop. “We just had to stop...
British Airways is offering its Bermudian customers the chance to receive a free upgrade to First class on a flight from Bermuda to London. The catch? Between now and the end of the year you need to make one transatlantic...
Could someone please explain how it's possible to have a "remote place" on an island that's only 1 mile wide and 21 miles long, with more than 28 taxis per square mile? Wait, what's that noise I hear? Ah, that...
Yesterday I spent a fun afternoon up at Horseshoe Bay for the ninth annual sandcastle-building competition. It's the one time of year when it's OK for a grown man or woman to once again grab their bucket and spade and...
Last night it was announced that the UBP have elected veteran politican Wayne Furbert as their second Deputy Leader. Mr. Furbert will presumably take on some of the responsibilities currently being performed by first Deputy Leader Michael Dunkley, though I'm...
In last week's poll I asked which sitting PLP MP or Senator you thought would make the best leader of the PLP. The results were emphatic. Of the 119 votes cast, Finance Minister Paula Cox garnered 59 - almost as...
Think Bermuda doesn’t have a problem with terrorism? Think again. Only last week, eagle-eyed Sports Minister Dale Butler alerted us to the sports terrorists who’ve infiltrated our society. Then today, upstanding citizen and Shadow Environment Minister Cole Simons drew our...
Bermuda’s role in luring away investment from the United States is under scrutiny again. According to a report by Martin Sullivan published on Monday in the journal Tax Notes and widely reported in the American press, “US multinational corporations are...
Last night someone wrote a comment on my previous post suggesting that "[Bermuda has] bigger problems than charities not filing accounts or race week sponsorship". Instead he asked how large Bermuda's deficit was. As this commenter had previously mentioned that...
Today’s announcement that local philanthropist David Barber has donated the final $50,000 that the Bermuda Track and Field Association (BTFA) needs to run the International Race Weekend in January is good news for the athletes who compete, the locals who...
Earlier this year I detailed the plans of Cablevision and WOW to introduce personal video recorder (PVR) technology to Bermuda. Back in May, WOW became the first company to offer a PVR here. At $850 each, however, they’ve not been...
I'm trying out a free service that I discovered this morning which makes it easy for me to have polls on the site, something I've wanted to do for a long time. If it works well, these are likely to...
It appears that Christian Dunleavy's theory as to why Labour Minister Randy Horton was acting Premier at the Labour Day rally on Monday was incorrect. On VSB news this evening, at a press conference about the ProActive affair, it emerged...
A letter to the editor bemoans how fast people now drive. A columnist criticises the police for raising the de facto speed limit by only stopping drivers more than 15 kph above the official maximum. It’s true: the speed at...
Tuesday’s impromptu walkout of the Island’s bus and ferry operators was the kind of action that gives unions a bad name. The workers stopped work to attend a meeting at the Bermuda Industrial Union about the ProActive affair, which was...
On VSB news on Friday evening, Opposition Leader Dr. Grant Gibbons was asked what he thought about calls to recall the House of Assembly to debate the BHC and Berkeley crises. I was surprised to hear him say that although...
Christian Dunleavy is confused as to why, in the absence of Alex Scott, Randy Horton was acting Premier at yesterday’s Labour Day celebrations at Bernard Park, an event at which Deputy Premier Dr. Ewart Brown was also present. Presumably it...
In the last week there’s been some debate about what the termination of ProActive means for black empowerment in Bermuda. According to a commenter on this site, shadow Works Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin said it meant that no-one in their right...
That’s how I’d describe the reaction of Bermuda Taxi Owners Association (BTOA) spokesman Lee Tucker to Government’s decision to raise taxi fares by 20% and introduce shared rides to and from the airport. Both initiatives came into effect yesterday and...
The last three weeks have seen the PLP Government come under some of the heaviest criticism since it assumed office. On August 10th the investigation into the Bermuda Housing Corporation concluded that out-of-date legislation was all that prevented more of...
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