OPINION
Gov't must help growing number out of work and struggling to pay bills
There is a new trend emerging in Bermuda among the electorate - its black electorate in particular.
We need a new Tourism Minister to tackle downward spiral
Tourism figures for 2009 were awful and it is time Bermudians gripped the awful tourism reality.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Letter: I need help tracing my family tree
My name is Richard Freeman and I am seeking information on my great grandfather, Henry Charles Tucker, who was born in Bermuda on May 26, 1842. He migrated to Fiji in the mid-1860s and came with his brother Samuel Reeve Hammond Tucker.
COMMENT
Government must work with City Hall team to make positive changes in Hamilton
This week the team at the Corporation of Hamilton unveiled a new look for the city. This contemporary look is part of the commitment and dynamic vision for operating with openness, where we encourage all constituents to participate, get involved and make their voices heard.
Don't let corruption and crime of casinos plague Bermuda
It's one thing for a government to look for ways to get funds, quite another to sell the soul of its people in the process.
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OPINION
Gaming will create up to 3,000 jobs and bring in up to $146 million
In 1998 the PLP inherited an outdated, outmoded tourism product, a failed marketing strategy and an industry in decline. To combat this we created incentives for hotels to update their facilities, fought for lower airfares, attracted new investors in hotel development...
OPINION
Scrapping cash would slash gun and drug crime rates
Bermudians are moving pretty smartly towards a cashless society. But there is one small group who are still dealing in cash - and lots of it. Criminals. They don't buy drugs and guns with cheques or credit cards. They pay cash.
OPINION
Local use downgrades our hotels' luxury images
Bermuda has a delicate economic problem attached to sensitive social facts. It is damaging the island's tourism product. It is not immediately visible, nor is it easily stopped or undone. It is Bermudian usage of hotels in Bermuda.
OPINION
Strategy is a step forward in fight to sustain marine life
The Bermuda Environmental and Sustainability Taskforce (BEST) has reviewed the recently released Government document, A Strategy For The Sustainable Use Of Bermuda's Living Marine Resources.
OPINION
Should Minister Blakeney have the right to overturn Clayhouse planning rejection?
I read with interest the article in last Friday's edition of the Bermuda Sun entitled 'Clayhouse Inn will reign supreme again'. The article described plans to build "12 new homes, a 100-seat restaurant and other amenities on the North Shore Road site".
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OPINION
Can Gov't deliver the social goal of Bermudianisation?
Bermudianisation? Shakespeare and Dickens would say it is "dead as a doornail". Bermudianisation is a concept, an ideal. Under the concept, Bermudians would be the top-paid workers, top employees and top managers.
OPINION
Giving the green light to casinos is playing a socially dangerous game
Premier Dr. Ewart Brown, the prime advocate for casinos in Bermuda, speaking to Sandy's Rotary and writing as a guest columnist in this newspaper, claims that "as many as 3,000 new jobs and up to $146 million could be added to our economy".
Shooting victim left his footprints in the sands of time
Life in our small 50,000-person community of Bermudians has its advantages and disadvantages, its facts and realities. Several times I have said or written that we Bermudians have a tendency to sanctify and glorify, or vilify and decry, rather than describe and record accurately and honestly.
OPINION
Stop pushing our young, gifted and black into trades
When are we going to stop trying to push young black men into the trades? When I need a plumber, electrician or carpenter, I need a good one, quickly. But what I need more than that — and what Bermuda needs desperately — are black managers, professionals, insurance executives and …
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Letter: Cabbie's gang tales a sad end to trip
Seven friends and I from the U.S. spent the last eight days on vacation in Bermuda. We enjoyed a wonderful week except for our return taxi ride to the airport. The driver of one of the two cabs we took immediately started talking about the recent gang violence on the …
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