Stories about Bermuda from October, 2006
Bermuda: Dr. Brown's opportunity
Valentine Michael Smith leaves aside satire for a moment and considers the opportunity that lies before Bermuda's newly elected Premier, Dr. Ewart Brown.
Bermuda: PLP Election
GS at Pondblog offers an assessment of the results of last night's Progressive Labour Party election in Bermuda, in which Premier Alex Scott was beaten by Ewart Brown: “It wasn't a surprising outcome – Scott is an odd, dithering sort of man who ruled the roost, according to party insiders,...
Bermuda: Cold front
As a cold front passes Bermuda, Shawn and Sue comment on Bermudians’ and their own attitudes towards cold weather: “Every year you are here I think you get “wussier” with respect to the cold.“
Bermuda: Island-specific search engine
Mark Carey announces a Bermuda-specific search engine that he built using Google's new Co-op platform.
Bermuda: Another anti-expat flyer
A new anti-expat flyer hits the streets of Bermuda. Christian S. Dunleavy reports.
Bermuda: Green Day
Adjustah provides a roundup of the recent commentary from his fellow Bermudian bloggers, noting that today several of them are observing “Green Day” in protest of the preservation of the Botanical Gardens in Hamilton. The Save the Gardens blog has posted photos of people wearing green, holding “Save the Gardens”...
Bermuda: Racism against white people?
Eva Hodgson, an executive of an organisation called Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda (CURB), announced recently that “White people are not targeted by racism”. Sean of IMHO.bm responds: “Racism is not a white owned product”. The Limey agrees: “Statements like that are going to make it difficult for some white...
Bermuda: What's so special about the gardens?
An anonymous contributor to the Save the Gardens blog writes an eloquent defense of Bermuda's Botanical Gardens.
Bermuda: Save the Gardens harnesses the WWW
Bermuda's “Save the Gardens” campaign, which aims to stop the government from building a hospital on the site currently occupied by the botanical gardens in Hamilton, have harnessed the power of the internet to help their cause. In addition to a blog, they've organised a Virtual March and a MySpace...
Bermuda: Online pioneer
Sean looks back on his days as a teenaged sysop and online pioneer in late 1980s Bermuda.
Bermuda: The sound of independence
Valentine Michael Smith reports on a meeting convened in Bermuda to discuss the subject of independence, where 23% of the attendeed were “confused expats thinking they were attending a screening of The Sound of Music”.
Bermuda: Bishop takes a stand
A Bermudian bishop earns points from the Limey for his refusal to support an interdenominational church service he believes excludes homosexuals.