This week's caption competition welcomes you to Clifton. Photo courtesy of The Royal Gazette Photoshop entries are also welcomed and should be emailed to me. Winners will be announced on Sunday. Photoshop Entries bermuda vigilante Rev. Goat
Just a reminder that the PLP is holding another independence meeting at Penno’s Wharf in St. George’s this evening (Thursday), starting at 7.30pm. If you can’t make it in person, KJAZ 98.1 FM will be broadcasting the proceedings live.
Are the members of the Government completely insane? Not content to award themselves pay rises which are 1) massive, 2) to be introduced in one go instead of being phased in, 3) back-dated to April, and 4) likely to precipitate...
Over 20% of those called up for service in the Bermuda Regiment this year failed to show or were exempted, according to a statement by the UK’s Europe Minister, Geoff Hoon. The statement was issued in response to a written...
Over the last two weeks, I’ve been running a survey asking how satisfied you are with the way the members of the UBP Shadow Cabinet are handling their jobs. The results are shown in the graph and table below. The...
Computer-controlled simulators? Bah. If these chaps want to learn something about building hurricane-proof homes, they should take a trip to Bermuda instead.
With talk of a split in the Anglican Church after US Episcopalians elected their first female bishop last week, it's no surprise to learn which side of the debate Bermuda's Anglican Bishop is on. On Friday, Bishop Ewen Ratteray reaffirmed...
It's time to sink this week's LiB caption competition at the bottom of the ocean. Photo courtesy of The Royal Gazette The winners were: First: buzz - For rent: brand new cozy one room unfurnished apartment, available immediately. $1,500 ono...
Well, Portugal’s fiery victory over the Netherlands - coupled with England’s hanging-on-by-their-fingernails dismissal of Ecuador - has set up the World Cup quarter-final that many Bermudians will have been dreaming of: England versus Portugal. And thanks to the red cards...
A warning to anyone planning to watch any of the World Cup matches on a CableVision box: don’t trust their electronic programme guide (EPG) to tell you what time the matches start. I turned channel 7 on at 1pm this...
Is a crime worse if its victim is a visitor instead of a resident? Shadow Tourism Minister David Dodwell seems to think so: “A crime against a visitor is a crime against the economy and the perpetrator should get a...
This week's caption competition is boxed in. Photo courtesy of The Royal Gazette Photoshop entries are also welcomed and should be emailed to me. Winners will be announced on Sunday. Part of the OTB Caption Jam. Photoshop Entries Uncle Elvis
I was surprised - but happy - to learn that Renee Webb will make a second attempt to have her sexual orientation discrimination bill passed into law in November. However, if she is to have any chance of success, several...
According to Chris Backeberg, programmes director for drug-testing firm Benedict Associates, Bermuda’s companies need to do more to help employees with drug problems: “Companies have a duty to tackle this. If you’ve identified a problem, be willing to be part...
Looks like the Government's decision to give itself a massive pay rise (with no increase in accountability) has put it on a collision course with both the civil service and the police. Should be interesting to see which gives way...
There are several reasons why the World Cup experience just isn’t the same in Bermuda as it is in the UK. First, there’s the coverage. While my English friends are boasting about watching in high-definition widescreen, here the options are...
It's lights out for this week's LiB caption competition. Photo courtesy of The Royal Gazette The winners were: First: buzz - It wasn't until he was face down on the pavement that Bob suddenly realized the commander never actually said...
This week's caption competition is falling out. Photo courtesy of The Royal Gazette Photoshop entries are also welcomed and should be emailed to me. Winners will be announced on Sunday. Photoshop Entries Uncle Elvis
The decision of teachers at Francis Patton Primary School to call in “sick” today was wrong, unnecessary, self-indulgent and foolish. Wrong, because regardless of the validity of their grievances, 21 days notice is required for strike action. Unnecessary, because such...
Over the weekend I made some improvements to this site’s RSS feeds and email alerts. Feed improvements: Clicking the orange feed icons in the sidebar now takes you to a more user-friendly page which makes it easy to subscribe to...
Earlier this year I ran a poll inviting you to rate the performance of each member of the Cabinet (the results can be found here). As I pointed out at the time, the regular opinion polls commissioned by the Royal...
It's time to pack up this week's LiB caption competition. Photo courtesy of The Royal Gazette The winners were: First: Darkside - Larry ultimately realised that Going Against Alex's Policies ("GAAP") was not a Generally Accepted Accounting Principle in Bermuda....
Today's Mid Ocean News reports Opposition Leader Wayne Furbert demanding that the Premier say whether he supported Renee Webb's bill to amend the Human Rights Act. "If you are going to show true leadership then you have to make a...
The claim that discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation is already covered in the Human Rights Act may soon be put to the test. According to Natasha Rosdol, one of the organisers of last Friday’s Lunch for Democracy protest:...
This week's caption competition is as happy as Larry. Photo courtesy of The Royal Gazette Photoshop entries are also welcomed and should be emailed to me. Because of the public holiday, this week winners will be announced on Monday. Part...
British newspaper The Guardian is probably one of the world's most web-savvy newspapers. Earlier this year, the paper launched Comment Is Free - a group blog bringing together the paper's regular columnists and other writers and commentators, on which readers...
Bermuda’s Broadcasting Commission has decided that Lt. Col. David Burch’s infamous “house niggers” comment was “in violation of the spirit” of the Broadcasting Act. Here’s the relevant section of the Act: 8 (1) No programme or other matter intended to...
Thanks to sandgrownan for sending in this picture of the cruise ship that ran aground near Dockyard this morning. The Bermuda Sun has a story and photo, and promises further updates as they get them. The Royal Gazette is presumably...
Last week, I praised the Bermuda Sun for getting a story up on Friday’s protest at the House of Assembly the same afternoon. “If they can do it, why can't the Royal Gazette?” I asked. In reply, Mid Ocean News...
This week's LiB caption competition is now over. Photo courtesy of Leah Furbert, the Bermuda Sun The winners were: First: SmokingGun - "I see the Cock & Feather's back on Front Street." Second: Darkside - Sybil firmly establishes her right...
Just a reminder of the pro-democracy rally that will be taking place at the House of Assembly at 12.15pm today, to protest the failure of MPs to debate Renee Webb's proposed addition of sexual orientation to the Human Rights Act...
This week's caption competition is Queen for a day. Photo courtesy of Leah Furbert, the Bermuda Sun Photoshop entries are also welcomed and should be emailed to me. Winners will be announced on Sunday. Part of the OTB Caption Jam....
An eagle-eyed reader has pointed out that the general hostility of members of the PLP to including sexual orientation in the Human Rights Act is at odds with the party’s own submission to the Bermuda Independence Commission. On page 11,...
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