Death of Suharto

Haji Muhammad Suharto, former dictator of Indonesia, has died as a result of multiple organ failure at the age of 86 in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta.
Suharto was one of those Cold War dictators aided and propped up by the West colourfully described by the statement ‘He may be a son of a bitch, but [...]

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UBP’s Shadow Cabinet

Over on Progressive Minds ‘30Strong’ has listed the Opposition’s Shadow Cabinet. I haven’t heard the news all day, and I’m not seeing anything on the RG or Bda Sun websites, but I’m of the opinion that his post is authentic. Cutting and pasting from his post, the new Shadow Cabinet is:
Senate: Michael Dunkley, [...]

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The Dis-United Bermuda Party?

Well, I was just skimming through the Saturday RG, and unusually for me I decided to read the Bda Shorts section. This section usually covers some trivial matters, but occassionally it has something of interest in it, and today it definitely had a bit of a gem; although I can certainly see how it [...]

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Misinformation on Bdas Blogosphere Continues

I wrote a post last week talking about the state of Bda’s blogopshere in response to the RGs article where they discussed the musings of Corruption Free Anguilla in light of Limey’s decision to cease blogging, along with the apparent cessation by IMHO.bm and BravoZulu. Tryangle also wrote a bit along the same lines [...]

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Cole Simons Elected Deputy Opposition Leader

Okay, I’m a bit late on the draw on this one; the news came I think while I was tucking into some cheesey bread (not very healthy I know, but at least I ate a tomato with it!) and I missed it.
So, there are a number of interesting observations to make here with Mr. Simons’ [...]

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Towards a Soldiers Union for the Regiment

As i’ve posted elsewhere on this blog I served in the Bda Regiment from 2003 to 2006, serving my conscripted three years and two months. Following Recruit Camp I signed up for the Corporals Cadre, which involved twice the regular drill nights and an overseas training camp in Northern Ontario. In my first [...]

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Bermuda’s Organised Labour

I’ve added a new category to the blogroll entitled ‘Industrial Unions.’
It has the links to the websites of some Bdian labour unions. As far as I can tell the BIU does not yet have a website, but I look forward (and encourage them) to their setting one up, hopefully with the Workers Voice accessible [...]

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Congratulations to CoH Industrial Workers

This blog would just like to take this moment to congratulate the industrial workers of the Corporation of Hamilton for their successes in dealing with the arrogance from the Corporation and successfully unionising with the BIU.
Well done!
As one of the workers was quoted in the paper however (and i’ll have to paraphrase cos I don’t [...]

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Public Access To Information – PATI

I support PATI, and was happy with the initiative launch under Alex Scott, though I was disappointed that it kind of got put on the backburner.
I was further disappointed by it remaining on the backburner once Dr. Brown assumed the leadership.
So yes, I look forward to it being implemented.
Having said that, the recent crusade by [...]

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In solidarity with the CoH workers

As many people now know their are some ongoing industrial issues over at the Corporation of Hamilton which has forced the workers there to down tools last week, and again yesterday – and this time indefinetely.
There are a series of issues, concerning management practices and general disrespect, to date that have contributed to [...]

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