Royal Gazette Opinion, Thursday 31 March 2005 “Having a kid changes everything. I mean, there’s the diapers and the burping and the midnight feedings... Then you spend years trying to corrupt and mislead this child, fill its head with nonsense...
Former PLP MP Julian Hall, during his Supreme Court trial yesterday: "...all my problems started when I joined the Progressive Labour Party" Apologies to all PLP supporters present, but that was just too good a quote to pass up.
Today I've got my pink shirt on. Wearing pink isn't something I make a habit of, but as my wife and I are going out tonight she suggested I might want to make myself look a bit more appealing than...
If, like me, you’ve been wondering why the wonderful new sculpture outside Bull's Head Car Park has been covered with a heavy green tarpaulin since its installation last year, wonder no more. Apparently, as a major piece of public art,...
The first public meeting of the Bermuda Independence Commission was held at the Warwick Workman’s Club on Thursday evening. The Commission’s choice of venues - all bastions of black, working-class Bermudians - has come in for some criticism. I too...
This story in the Christian Science Monitor ought to be required reading for every PLP politician. Titled ‘More politicians write blogs to bypass mainstream media’, it describes how a growing number of politicians are using the web to get out...
Here's the UBP's official position on the Ashay Rites Of Passage programme, courtesy of Shadow Minister for Race Relations and Economic Empowerment, David Dodwell: "The United Bermuda Party strongly supports the notion of African Centric history being taught in our...
Home-made kites hang from the ceiling of the Esso Tiger Mart on Par-La-Ville road.
Letter to the editor of the Mid Ocean News: I would very much like to congratulate Alvin Williams on his terrific Commentary piece in last weekend's paper (Mid Ocean News, March 18). Does he have an email address? If so,...
Royal Gazette Opinion, Thursday 24 March 2005 Bermuda’s 2003 general election was a low point in the fortunes of independent or third-party candidates. There were only three candidates who were not from one of the two main parties. Between them,...
Following the unveiling of the Bermuda Independence Commission's new logo, questions have been raised about whether they have preconceived ideas about the desirability of independencei
The public meetings of the Bermuda Independence Commission start tomorrow (Thursday) evening with a meeting at the Warwick Workman's Club, 42 Cobbs Hill Road. For the benefit of anyone who may have missed the announcement of the dates and locations...
Following the announcement of the creation of the Honourable Jennifer M. Smith Scholarship last Thursday, other politicians have announced their intention to set up scholarship fundsi The Honourable Jennifer M. Smith Scholarship will be available to any student with a...
When an opinion piece written by the spokesman for the PLP suggests that the Leader of the Opposition may be a liability to his party, you have to question whether he actually sees the man as a threat. At least,...
The police seem to have been making the news for all the wrong reasons in recent weeks. A police officer is facing charges that he conspired to import drugs. Detective Chief Inspector Stuart Crockwell has been suspended while an investigation...
While I’m flattered to find myself the subject of Alvin Williams’ column in the Mid Ocean News for a second week, it’s also awfully depressing. I try to think carefully about the words I use. It’s important to me that...
A young Bermudian artist is opening her first solo show in the Onions Gallery of the City Hall Arts Centre this evening. Heather Macdonald has been working for two years on the work in the show. She takes a new...
Bermuda's independence debate has now reached the pages of one of the UK's broadsheet newspapers - The Independent, appropriately enough - with this article and editorial.
Royal Gazette Opinion, 17 March 2005 - unedited version Sometimes it seems that barely a day goes by without Bermuda’s press coming under fire from the Government. Renee Webb, a big fan of blaming the media, once described Bermuda’s press...
The Bermuda Police Service has launched its new website. First impressions are pretty good. There are safety tips and crime prevention information, application forms for those who wish to join up and details of the Crime Stoppers programme. From a...
The more I read the Premier's most recent statement on independence, the more holes I find in it. For example: "The Bermuda Independence Commission and its work will not be usurped by external opinions on what we should or should...
When asked to comment on recent contributions to Bermuda's independence debate from parties outside Bermuda, Premier Alex Scott had this to say in today's Royal Gazette: "While many continue and may continue to weigh in on the subject of the...
During Friday’s Budget debate on the topic of education, Education Minister Terry Lister announced that the Ministry of Education will evaluate the Ashay programme and use the information to decide about implementing it at other schools. If it does decide...
Earlier this year, Premier Alex Scott said that one of the benefits of independence would be the possibility of Bermuda playing host to UN delegations. Yesterday it became clear that we won’t have to wait that long. The United Nations...
Most people would welcome being able to shop on a Sunday in Bermuda, according to a recent poll conducted on this site. 63% of the 258 votes cast were in favour of Sunday trading, with 33% opposed and 4% undecided....
Will someone please send the editor of the Workers Voice (sic) a copy of Lynne Truss' recent bestseller 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves'. My big red marker pen is running out.
The following letter was sent to the Royal Gazette by LaVerne Furbert in response to my recent column on the Ashay Rites of Passage programme, although it has not yet been published. It was also printed in the 4 March...
Royal Gazette Opinion, 9 March 2005 The introduction of speed cameras on Bermuda’s roads came a step closer last week when Minister of Labour, Home Affairs and Public Safety, Randy Horton, announced that $100,000 has been put aside for them...
Bermuda’s largest and most iconic retail store, Triminghams Smiths, is to close after 163 years in business. Although the store is not going into bankruptcy, it was apparently unable to secure the financing necessary to continue in business. Competition from...
The problems facing Bermuda's black men have previously been the subject of calls for action from, among others, political activist Rolfe Commissiong, former Premier John Swan and former PLP senator Calvin Smith. However, it seems that Bermuda isn't the only...
Dear Mr. Williams, I would like to take the opportunity to reply to the comments you made about me in your column in Friday's Mid Ocean News, which was itself a response to my recent Royal Gazette column critiquing the...
Am I imagining things, or did Stuart Hayward have a go at me in his column in Friday's Bermuda Sun? While I'd like to think I'm above the paranoia and self-importance that such an assumption would normally require, his choice...
News that a new recycling plant is to be built in Bermuda received an overwhelmingly positive response yesterdayi "This will save us a lot of time," said Royal Gazette editor Bill Zuill. "We often get a feeling of deja vu...
The proposed new dolphin park at Sinky Bay has attracted a lot of criticism in recent months from local environmental activists, the National Trust and the SPCA. Although the application to build the new park was rejected by the Development...
Royal Gazette Opinion, 2 March 2005 One of the things that I disliked about living in London was the fact that you could go shopping on a Sunday. The trouble with this was that my wife loves to shop. Unless...
A reader recently suggested that I make the reviews currently posted in the sidebar of the site into posts in their own right, to enable others to add their thoughts and to provide an archive of previous reviews. I'm going...
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