OPINION
The keys to solving our unemployment crisis
BPSU president Jason Hayward explains how we can reduce the unemployment rate.
OBA's First Year: 1166 Jobs Lost, 261 Companies Shut Down
The employment statistics released yesterday should be alarming to all who call Bermuda home.
The ‘self-sacrifice of one’ may have been lost in our Easter celebrations
Good Friday is the annual remembrance of Christ’s crucifixion. For most Bermudians it is the anticipated start of spring with family and community get-togethers.
Bermuda is behind the times; we need to catch up
Tony Brannon let his frustration fly free on Wednesday, lamenting the lack of on-island resort gaming, cancer rates, and an obsolete education system.
Employment limbo: How low can we go?
Larry Burchall discuses the latest employment figures, saying this limbo-dancing national economy is not pretty to watch or be part of.
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Bermuda Blue: What have YOU achieved in the first quarter of 2014?
It was a simple enough question: With the first quarter of the year gone... What have you accomplished for yourself so far in 2014?
• 6.0 MINUTES / THE OFFBEAT NEWS BEAT
Her love sewed a community together
Once again I found myself in a church on a Saturday for a homegoing service. This past weekend I was at Christ Church, Devonshire for the life celebration of Alice Francis Richardson.
If the PLP throws enough mud, some is bound to stick
It is the PLP’s media strategy to turn everything the OBA does to correct the PLP Government's misdeeds into a scandal, presumably on the grounds that if you throw enough mud, some of it is bound to stick.
Seeking overseas ‘Messiahs’ is Bermuda’s cultural trait
The fact that Dr Heatley - and all the others - were invited by us speaks to the depth of a persisting national cultural trait that says: "Trust a Messiah before you consider a Bermudian."
What have we learned from the Rebecca Middleton tragedy?
"Every time the Rebecca Middleton murder case is brought back up, it seems as though the community misses the largest elephant in the room."
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We can all see though the OBA’s ‘transparency’ lie
Christopher Famous: On April 5, Minister Fahy claimed that in an effort to avoid “potential reputational risks to Bermuda”, he used his ministerial discretion and denied temporary work permits to an overseas film crew who wanted to make a documentary on the Rebecca Middleton murder.
The fight against crime continues
Jeff Baron: I hope Bermudians noticed, amid the clamour of the Budget Debate, that an Amendment to the Criminal Code was also passed to deal with a legal loophole pointed out by the Privy Council in London when they heard appeals against the sentencing of two murderers last year.
COMMENT / THE YOUTH PERSPECTIVE
What about the kids, Dr Heatley?
Eron Hill: Bermuda has just been the victim of an educational and professional infidelity. Dr Edmond Heatley was recently appointed as the top man for education in Bermuda. Only seven months down the road, he claims things weren’t going great and so he interviewed for another job.
The tale of Dip van Winkle and his 10-year sleep
In April 2004, when I went to sleep, God was in His heaven, Satan was in his hell, "Dubya" was in the White House, and my Bermuda house was full of nice stuff that was all paid for.
Why the new Tourism Authority is making all the wrong noises
Larry Burchall: From the "noises" being made in the stream of media releases and statements, I do not see or hear the BTA recognizing Bermuda's 2014 Tourist Industry reality.
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