After a series of administrative hiccups that delayed its launch by weeks, the Bermuda Police Service’s roadside sobriety checkpoints initiative can be regarded a nascent success.
Not a roaring succes...
Wayne Caines is in charge of a most serious ministry. It is a ministry that is charged with promoting a new industry that could do wonders for an uncertain economy. And it is also charged with ridding...
It has been estimated that there were close to 2,500 incidents of stop-and-search in 2017, which works out to about seven a day. To a section of our community, that may be seven too many.
But from wh...
Cup Match, remember that? The two-day cricket match that ended 17 days ago with Somerset securing their first innings defeat of St George’s for 70 years?
Yes, that one.
Well, apart from resident colum...
When Vasco da Gama took the bold decision to introduce mandatory drug-testing for those who wish to play football for them in the coming season, clubs, sporting associations and politicians went ducki...
What we discovered amid the long-running soap opera that was Shelly Bay Beach was the scope for Bermudian antipathy towards one of the two pillars of our economy when it gets too close to home.
An isl...
As the inquest gathers pace into the historic innings defeat that St George’s suffered at the hands of Somerset in the 117th annual Cup Match classic, there are a number of factors that could be point...
This is Cup Match week. The teams have been selected, Somerset Cricket Club and its grounds are being made to look smart, and revellers are at the ready for festivities all over the island. The buzz o...
A week on Friday, the camps of Somerset or St George’s will enter the second day of Cup Match feeling pretty good about their chances of winning the 2018 classic. Last year, inclement weather put paid...
Journalism can make a positive difference. While the value of the free press is sometimes underappreciated by those who dismiss significant stories as “negative”, the end result of airing even an ugly...
