A few days ago a question was posed on a Facebook group that asked the following: “How many of you consider De Rock part of the Caribbean?”
Ninety per cent of the answers were as follows; “Not!!!” “No...
Some 30-plus years ago, I had to pass a few tests when I was introduced to two strong Bailey’s Bay women. Both of whom were taller than me.
Even before I got to sit down, I was asked some pertinent qu...
Tomorrow we celebrate yet another Bermuda Day — perhaps one of our most significant days of this year.
As a country with diverse cultures, we tend to celebrate the day in many different ways. From ear...
During this week’s epic Senate debate, the One Bermuda Alliance made a point of saying that the Fairmont Southampton project would cause 60 per cent of the construction workers on site to be non-Bermu...
They say that the world is small and you never know who is connected/related to whom. This is extremely true.
Last week we had an inflatable mattress with a leak. We took it to Island Construction Ser...
“I see a bad moon arising
I see trouble on the way“
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Over the past week, anyone who truly loves the Virgin Islands, the Caribbean and freedom has had a heavy...
Most people believe that the phrase “spin a yarn” was originally a nautical idiom. Seaman often had to spend time repairing rope on board ship. This is a time-consuming task involving twisting fibres ...
Over the past week, our young Bermudian athletes competed with their Caribbean counterparts in a number of regional events.
• Carifta athletics and swimming — held in Jamaica and Barbados respectively...
Recently, I had to travel to Jamaica for the funeral of my father-in-law, Victor Simms, aka “Sutton”.
From what I could see, the country is steadily progressing with the construction of the South Coas...
In February, the Freemasons of the three lodges in Bermuda, under the Grand Lodge of Scotland, welcomed a distinguished visitor in the form of the Grand Master Mason William Ramsay McGhee.
He flew in ...
