Stories about Bermuda from July, 2008
Bermuda: Party Over People?
A Bermudian government senator declares his unequivocal support for the party's leader, causing Politics.bm to exclaim: “I could never say that my loyalty to any organisation, whether political or not,...
Bermuda: Business or Pleasure?
The latest statistics from the Caribbean Tourism Organisation prompt 21 Square to ask how much of Bermuda's tourist market “is actually…reliant upon business travelers”, while Vexed Bermoothes adds that the...
Bermuda: Communication Breakdown
Bermudian Vexed Bermoothes is amazed at “how Government can have so many communications people yet be so bad at communicating its message.”
Bermuda: Tourism Outsourced
News that the Bermuda Department of Tourism is retrenching workers at its New York office, and outsourcing to an unnamed US sales company, leaves Vexed Bermoothes asking a lot of...
Bermuda: Funding Dilemna
Vexed Bermoothes is sceptical about his government's decision to subsidise the University of the West Indies. He says it “would make far more sense to simply boost the scholarship funds...
Bermuda: Hate Crime
Vexed Bermoothes applauds a Bermudan judge's ruling that recognised an attack on a gay man as a hate crime, “even though the law provides no protection for sexual orientation.”
Bermuda: Mixed blessing
21 Square and Vexed Bermoothes wonder whether the high cost of the Bermuda Music Festival was justified.