Category Archives: Politics
Smart politics or a blink?
The Bermuda Government is putting its privatization bill on hold after getting an agreement with the union to find 5% of cuts in next year’s budget. Based on this year’s budget projections, that would amount of $60m in cuts and … Continue reading
This week’s hurricane
Random thoughts on Hurricane #Gonzalo: As has been stated everywhere, Tropical Storm Fay was a blessing in disguise because it cleared so much heavy vegetation out before onslaught of Gonzalo, and made people more nervous about Gonzalo than they might have … Continue reading
Comeau explains why PRCs are entitled to status and why attempts to block it are doomed to fail
Kevin Comeau has produced an exceptionally clear explanation of the PRC-Status issue here. Basically, it upends the Progressive Labour Party’s position that grants of status can be 1) frozen and 2) rejected by amending the law retroactively. It’s a shame that the … Continue reading
Turning around the economy
As he promised, former Bermuda resident Kevin Comeau has written a second part to his series on the causes of the Bermuda recession and why international companies have left or reduced jobs here. He says that, in one of those … Continue reading
The cause of the Bermuda recession
Former Bermuda resident Kevin Comeau has a good piece here on “the cause of Bermuda’s economic collapse” which makes a strong case for the fact that the loss of jobs in international business was the main contributing factor. On the face … Continue reading
Murder on the roads
There have been two more road deaths this weekend, bringing the number this year to eight, or more than one a month. Jeremy Deacon at Bermuda Blue raised this issue earlier this month, pointing out that if there had been six … Continue reading
Jetgate statement released
Bernews has a report on that other story doing the rounds.
Wilful misunderstanding
There’s good insight, as usual, from John Barritt today. As a strong proponent of parliamentary democracy, he expresses restrained regret that the Governor did not see fit to take up the House of Assembly’s recommendation for a Commission of Inquiry, … Continue reading
Bermuda Independent 