Following Cory Booker’s talk yesterday lunchtime and a conversation I had earlier today, I’ve been thinking some more about what the UBP needs to do to convince its sceptics that it’s serious about black economic empowerment and racial reconciliation. In...
Today I was fortunate enough to attend the lecture given by the African-American politician and community activist Cory Booker, a man who Time magazine once dubbed 'The Saviour of Newark' for his efforts to clean up that city's crime- and...
At the launch of a campaign to stop under-age drinking on Thursday, Health and Family Services Minister Patrice Minors came out with some apparently troubling statistics on the use of alcohol by Bermuda’s youngsters. "Based on a 2000 Bermuda Student...
Health Minister Patrice Minors came under fire this week for walking out of a meeting on Bermuda’s disabled shortly after she opened it. However the Minister was unconcerned that her absence may have affected her ability to correctly prioritise the...
Following some criticism last month of the Royal Gazette's tendency to trumpet the results of its online polls without making their biases clear, this week the newspaper announced its intent to start commissioning more scientific surveys of public opinion. The...
Premier Alex Scott is clearly far more perceptive than many of his detractors would have you believe, admitting yesterday that he was unsurprised by recent poll results that revealed public confidence in his ability is at an all-time low. “They...
First we were told they'd probably begin in April. Then it was July. Then, "by the end of the year". So it came as no surprise that in a speech in London last week, Premier Alex Scott announced that discussions...
Renee Webb was never the most reserved member of Government. But her new-found candour is breathtaking to behold. In the last week alone she’s criticised Premier Alex Scott for failing to do anything to economically empower the Island’s blacks, attacked...
Much sense was spoken in the House on Friday about levying more severe punishments on those who commit violent crimes in designated “increased penalty zones”. Public Safety Minister Randy Horton said penalties would be increased for violent crimes committed in...
Public Safety Minister Randy Horton this week announced that the Bermuda Government will introduce a witness protection programme. “Witnesses will be moved from areas of danger to safe houses in Fairylands and Tuckers Town,” said Mr Horton. “Participants in the...
While the cost of residential DSL internet access has fallen in Bermuda in recent months, it still can't compare with what's available elsewhere in the world. On Tuesday, in the UK, Internet Service Provider UK Online announced that it was...
It isn’t hard to imagine how the Premier must have felt on Friday while listening to Renee Webb castigate his Government for its failure to introduce an agenda of economic empowerment for Bermuda’s blacks. Here you are, the “people’s government”,...
Despite having a thoroughly enjoyable time on Friday evening at the 20th anniversary performance of the Not The Um Um Show, I came away with a nagging question. Why, in an audience of around 700 people, could I count less...
Most readers of A Limey In Bermuda believe that the Government should make it a priority to expand the Human Rights Act to prohibit discrimination against homosexuals. Of the 84 people who voted in last week's poll, 64% thought this...
A new employee of a local automotive firm had a lot of explaining to do after writing off a customer’s mini-van in a high-speed crash while on a test drive. The Daihatsu Extol van hit a wall on North Shore...
I have a lot of respect for Road Safety Council chairman Joseph Froncioni. But his opposition to raising Bermuda’s speed limit to 50 kph is in direct conflict with his desire for greater use of speed cameras. His argument against...
Bermuda is looking to the American city of Nashville for ideas on how to implement legislation to regulate taxi driver behaviour. According to an article in today's Nashville City Paper, Nashville Councilman-at-Large Adam Dread has been invited to speak in...
Ace and myself will be playing Battlefield 1942 online at 8pm Bermuda time this evening. Anyone interested in joining us need only sign up with Xfire, add me (limeyinbermuda) to your buddy list, and be online at that time.
Anyone hoping that the Government's Throne Speech pledge to introduce a driving licence penalty points system would be just the first step in an effort to raise the Island's standard of driving will have been disappointed by Transport Minister Dr....
As promised, I've just signed up with Xfire as a first step in pulling together Bermuda-based PC gamers for some online fragging. It's essentially an instant messaging application that lets you see which games your friends are playing and allows...
The casual reader could be forgiven for feeling slightly confused about the direction violent crime is taking in Bermuda. 'Violent crime is on the increase' trumpted the Royal Gazette on its front page on Friday. 'Violent crime down slightly' countered...
In a post on Politics.bm yesterday, Christian Dunleavy asked: "...surely the position of those opposed to [amending the Human Rights Act to prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation] aren't asking to be permitted to discriminate?" In today's Royal...
Ever wondered what you'd see if you compared the way each state voted in the recent US presidential election with the average IQ of the inhabitants of that state? Wonder no more.
Since visiting the ‘On The Waterfront’ exhibition earlier this year, I’ve become a passionate advocate for the idea of redeveloping the Front Street waterfront. So it was with great delight that I read yesterday that Tourism Minister Dr. Ewart Brown...
It appears that Bermuda isn't the only place where politicians are no longer held accountable for their mistakes. In the United States too, the voters yesterday shirked their responsibility. In an editorial last week, The Economist characterised the race for...
When you manage to anger both Calvin Smith and Rolfe Commissiong, you know you’re probably doing something right. The recent letter from the Association of Bermuda International Companies (ABIC) urging Premier Alex Scott to reconsider his approach to taking Bermuda...
While judging the merits of this year’s Throne Speech, which finally laid out the Government’s much-hyped Social Agenda, it’s instructive to compare it with what the PLP said last year - a Throne Speech which even the Royal Gazette acknowledged...
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