Cuba con Castro

Credible reports in the media, originating from Evo Morales of Bolivia and Hugo Chavez of Venuzeula, indicate that Fidel Castro will be resuming the Presidency of Cuba this Tuesday, May 1st 2007, International Labour Day.
In the first week of December 2006 I was fortunate to visite Havana. I went there officially for the celebrations [...]

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Victory for Intolerance – United by Ignorance

I was very disappointed by the news of the ‘gay cruise’ cancelling its trip to Bermuda. I do however understand the concerns of its organisers, and understand why they chose to cancel the cruise. I do think the whole issue was totally mishandled almost from the get go. To begin with, I [...]

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Whats the frequency Kenneth?

There are some who are making fun of the incident hat occured at the newly named L. F. Wade/Bermuda International Airport, where an unnamed individual approached the Premier and told him that he loved him, and was then intercepted by both the ‘chief of staff’ Wayne Caines and the press secretary Scott Simmons. It [...]

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Second Installment of the Race Initiative

Tomorrow, April 16th, marks the second installment of the Government initiative on race down at the Hamilton Princess. I’m only able to make it to the first day, but I’ll report back after. Unfortunately the second day is usually the most productive in these type of events, but as this itself is the [...]

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Gstop Git Gnow!!

In I think my second year at university, I walked into one of the mens rooms and was literally quite shocked by something on the wall of the urinals. Was it some really graphic or lewd graffitti? No, like most of us I was long since desensitised to such vandalism. What had [...]

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All Power to the Working Class

As many of you will know by now on Friday April 13th many industrial workers, primarily government workers downed tools to attend two meetings at Union HQ and also staged a demonstration of at least 400 workers (according to reporting) outside of the Ministry of Works and Engineering.
The industrial action stemmed from two relatively separate [...]

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Protesting the Medical Clinic

In regards to the protest the other day (Tuesday April 10th), I was quite disappointed with what I saw. I have not yet made a personal decision on the issue, although my thoughts at the moment lead me to generally oppose it. I am waiting for more information on the topic before really [...]

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The Milkman Cometh

It was with some degree of amusement that I read the comments by Mr. Dunkley in the Royal Gazette of Monday, April 2nd.
In particular I found the quote ‘We have seen a government talk about education and economic empowerment and they have failed. They had the oppurtunity.‘ to be particularly amusing. [...]

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The UBPs ABCs

I’m wondering if anyone else caught the UBP Chairmans little conversation on the TV last night in reference to the All Bermuda Congress, Khalid Wasi’s attempt to build a successor to the UBP. It seems like the UBP has come up with its new signature catch phrase ‘put up or shut up.’ The [...]

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Dining amongst the pig dogs

While I was at University I had a very good friend from the Ukraine, who liked to refer to the bourgousie as ‘imperialist pig dogs.’ While I do think its a bit juvenile, I got to admit the name sure does stick in your mind.
Well, I do on occassion go and [...]

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