Late this afternoon, the Government issued a Press Release. Was it about housing, crime or education, I hear you ask? No, no, something much more important: The Premier wishes to express his thanks to The Royal Gazette for bringing to...
Still concerned that Premier Alex Scott might try to take Bermuda to independence by means of a general election? Worry no more. At a dinner on Saturday evening, Bermuda's Governor, Sir John Vereker, reiterated the UK's position on the referendum...
Friday's caption competition featured the UBP's Grant Gibbons and John Barritt, after their skirmish in the House with Speaker Stanley Lowe. The winners were: 1. Longtime Lurker - "...and you will no longer be John Barritt - you are now...
Most people are in favour of having casinos in Bermuda, if a poll conducted on A Limey In Bermuda over the last couple of weeks is indicative of general feeling. 51% of respondents supported the idea of having casinos here,...
Some are asking whether Bermuda's newest nighclub, Square One, is racist, following a report in yesterday's Royal Gazette that former reporter Ayo Johnson was refused admission to the club's VIP room last Friday. Mr. Johnson also alleged that Mid Ocean...
Never let it be said that I don't give you the opportunity to poke fun at the UBP. This week's caption competition features Messrs. Barritt and Gibbons during the press conference they gave after walking out of the House last...
Royal Gazette Opinion, Thursday 26 May 2005 Last week another young man lost his life on Bermuda’s roads. Cue the usual wailing and gnashing of teeth. Cue the politicians, pleading with us to slow down. Cue the columnists, bemoaning the...
From today's Royal Gazette: Independence campaigner Walton Brown has warned that if the European Union’s proposed constitution is adopted, the EU could gain control over Bermuda’s ability to levy Customs duties on goods from EU member countries... "In one deft...
Bermuda Fitted Dinghies race in front of the cruise ship Norwegian Crown in St. George's Harbour yesterday. The 2005 season got off to a bad start with the last two races being cancelled due to high winds. The first and...
I have no idea whether the UBP's decision to walk out of the House of Assembly on Friday was justified. I'm not familiar with parliamentary procedure and so it's unclear to me whether the Speaker behaved appropriately or not. Yet...
The sharp-eyed may have noticed the appearance of a "What's On" section in the sidebar of this site. It's an experimental idea, intended to make it easier to find out what's going on in Bermuda. All events are stored at...
Friday's caption competition featured the head of Bermuda's Anglican Church, the Rt. Rev. Ewan Ratteray. The winners were: 1. Longtime Lurker - As he slipped the child's junior mints into his pocket, the Bishop thought, "Wow, that was as easy...
Following the overwhelming popularity of the last Open Mike (not), I'm changing the rules for this one. First person to comment sets the subject of the debate - subsequent comments should stick to that subject. You can still use the...
Having spent much of the last week clearing out German spam email from my Inbox (or non-delivery reports for spam sent in my name), I've come to the conclusion that those retards who don't install anti-virus software on their PC,...
After attending my first event at Bermuda's National Stadium this evening, I came away with only one question. Whose smart idea was it to build a sporting venue capable of accommodating 8,500 people without including any parking facilities?
A darkened room. A black-suited figure, Darth Wells, Lord of the Sith, is kneeling before a holo-projector. A pale blue hologram of a cloaked and hooded man, Darth Sidious, flickers into life in front of him. DARTH SIDIOUS Rise, my...
WARNING: Minor spoilers ahead! I love the original Star Wars trilogy. I still find the story, the characters, the humour, the sound and the score as thrilling as I did the day I first saw them. I don’t remember when...
Another Friday, another caption competition. Provide an alternative strapline for the picture below. As always, entries will be judged based on how clever, pithy and funny they are. Winners will be announced on Sunday.
Royal Gazette Opinion, Thursday 19 May 2005 Last Thursday, St. Brendan’s Hospital was renamed the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute. It was a stroke of genius. For years, people have struggled to find a way to remove the stigma of mental illness....
It's been just over a year since the Bermuda Sun first alleged that Bermuda College lecturer Abdallah Ahad lied about his qualifications on his CV. 99 days later, after Mr. Ahad failed to prove that his qualifications were genuine, the...
The Seven Seas Navigator squeezes through the Town Cut on its way out of St. George's harbour yesterday afternoon.
The following letter was sent to the editor of the Royal Gazette and copied to A Limey In Bermuda. Dear Sir I would like to express my utter disgust at what I experienced last night as I stopped at a...
Today I went sailing for the first time this year. It was a trip I'll never forget. We’d heard reports that whales had been sighted off the South Shore last week. Although we knew we’d be lucky to see them...
On Friday I asked you to come up with an alternative caption for this picture: This was a tough one to judge, with lots of good entries. But it was Jamahl Simmons' self-deprecating wit that made me laugh the most....
I'm not sure what's more embarrassing: that the audience at last night's Bermuda Heritage Concert at St. John's Church, Pembroke, had to be told not to applaud between the movements of Bach's Concerto in A Minor, or that they did...
It's Friday again (thank God) and so time for another weekend caption competition. Provide an alternative caption for the picture below. Winners will be announced on Sunday.
Royal Gazette Opinion, Friday 13 May 2005 On a small Philippine island some seventy-five miles south-west of Manila, a Japanese soldier emerges from the jungle. Carrying a .25 calibre rifle, 500 rounds of ammunition and several hand grenades, he meets...
The man behind LTT Broadcasting, Leo Trott, is hoping to launch Bermuda's newest radio station by the end of the month. The new station, which will be called KJAZ 98.1FM, intends to broadcast financial news and other programmes produced by...
Could Bermuda be about to get a new FM radio station? On my drive home from work I often listen to my iPod on the car radio. I do this using a small device called an iTrip, which plugs in...
A Limey In Bermuda's first caption competition produced a bumper crop of entries for the picture below. After much deliberation, the winners are: 1. Adjustah - BELCO CEO Gary Madeiros examines local manure producer as potential source of power. Honourable...
One of the limitations of the blog format, compared with a regular internet discussion group, is that readers are generally restricted to commenting on topics that the blog’s author has already posted about. For some time, I’ve been considering ways...
It's Friday, so in the spirit of Wizbang and Have I Got News For You, I present to you the first A Limey In Bermuda weekend caption competition. Provide an alternative caption for the picture below and win a hearty...
When I first heard that Premier Alex Scott was to give a televised address this evening, I was a little surprised. That’s the sort of thing I expect at times of grave national peril, but not too often in between....
Royal Gazette Opinion, Thursday 5 May 2005 As you read this, the British are going to the polls to elect a new government. They’re essentially being offered a choice between two men. One is Labour’s Tony Blair, a man who...
I hear the Government is conducting a poll asking for our opinions on Bermuda's housing problem. I'm sure they'd like as much feedback as possible, so here are my answers to some of the questions they're supposedly asking: How serious...
Every day at work, the members of my department take it in turns to make afternoon tea for each other. My day is Monday. Most days people want tea but today one of the guys asked me for some hazelnut-flavoured...
The results of the national pride survey are in. They suggest that Bermudians are proud of themselves and their Island, but don’t believe in showing an unquestioning sense of allegiance to it. The web-based poll, which has been running on...
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