Stories about Bermuda from January, 2008
Barbados, Bermuda, USA: Standing for Change
Cheese-on-bread! notices a similarity between the new Barbados government's campaign slogan and Barack Obama's – and hopes that the “rallying cry will work for him as well as it did for PM Thompson et al…”; while Politics.bm thinks Bermuda's government “represents everything Obama rejects.”
Bermuda: Police-Blogger Suspended
Bermudan Police Officer and blogger Allan Palmer reports that he is officially “on suspension” following a blog post that he wrote.
Bermuda: Congestion Tax
Blogging from Bermuda, 21 Square is all for the introduction of a congestion tax.
Bahamas, Bermuda: Law Enforcement
“If they can minimize these minor crimes that would be a good start”: Sidney Sweeting at WeblogBahamas.com attends the induction ceremony of the Bahamas’ new Police Commissioner.
Bermuda: Thin Is In?
Breezeblog puts in his two cents’ worth on Apple‘s unveiling of the MacBook Air: “Looks great but $1,799?! Are you kidding? For now, I could live with the extra two pounds on a MacBook.”
Anguilla, Bermuda: Blogging
Corruption-free Anguilla refers to recent developments in Bermuda to answer the question of whether blogging makes a useful contribution.
Bermuda: Female Representation
“Bermudian women are severely underrepresented in the government in the backbenchers, cabinet and senate”: A Radical In Bermuda thinks the island needs a new feminism.
Bermuda: What's The Point?
A Limey In Bermuda, referred to by other bloggers as “the guy who pretty much started all this for a lot of us”, sees “little point continuing to blog…until there is a significant improvement in Bermuda's political climate.”
Caribbean: 2007 – The Year of Elections
What was potentially the Caribbean post that had the most impact in 2007? Janine Mendes-Franco gives a quick roundup of the big regional stories of the past year.