Stories about Bermuda from April, 2008
Bermuda: Drunk Driving
As more road fatalities make the news, Bermuda Longtail says: “The message must be hammered home that drunk driving is unacceptable.”
Bermuda: Road Safety
Bermuda Longtail blogs about legislating road safety.
Bermuda: Freedom of the Press
As Bermuda's Premier responds to international concern over the country's press freedoms, Vexed Bermoothes thinks that his letter “oozes with false sincerity and contorted logic.”
Bermuda: Restricting the Media?
Vexed Bermoothes reports that the government's decision to pull advertising from the Royal Gazette has prompted a letter of complaint from The Inter American Press Association: “It’s really quite an...
Bermuda: Road Deaths
Vexed Bermoothes is “appalled by the multiple deaths on Bermuda’s roads” and says that “police enforcement will improve driving behaviour.”
Bermuda: Holiday Spirits?
Both A Radical In Bermuda and Politics.bm blog about the “outrage” surrounding the government's decision to “axe the Queen's Birthday as a June holiday”.
Bermuda: What is Racism?
Bermudan blogger Politics.bm examines the concept of racism.
Bermuda: It's Not Easy Being Green
“The Bermuda Government has gone green…producing Bermuda Government materials (as opposed to PLP party materials) in the PLP's party colour of green”: Politics.bm maintains that “this is an important separation...
Bermuda: Going Tribal
Vexed Bermoothes thinks that Bermuda's tribal way of voting is “politically immature and very depressing.”
Bermuda: Support for Obama
Vexed Bermoothes says that “Obama has a lot of support from Bermuda, partially due to his theme of bipartisanship. Whether he’s earnest or not, it strikes a hopeful chord for...
Bermuda: More Police
Vexed Bermoothes is pleased that “the Bermuda Police have hired 100 recruits from the Caribbean to boost our local force.”
Bermuda, Jamaica: Garveyism
“Instead of people coming together to create a better society regardless of race, class, gender, sexual orientation etc, they would have us descend further back into tribalism and sectarianism”: A...
