Vexed Bermoothes

Dr. Brown’s spokesperson Glenn Jones has announced that ”the Government has sought the services of an expert who will help the country achieve controlled phased growth. This is a calculated approach to ensure Bermuda’s infrastructure will not be overwhelmed.” That’s quite laughable as Government itself has been a major contributor to the overheated economy.  Will Government [...]

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The Bermuda Sun reports that next week Ewart Brown is hosting a meeting of his newly-formed Council of Economic Advisors saying these “talented financial thinkers from around the world…can advise this Government how best to improve the economic strength of Bermudians while not weakening the family.” Who are the members of this presidential-sounding Council?  And [...]

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The Berkeley Institute was founded in 1897 and earned a longstanding reputation for academic strength.  Indeed, many of today’s Bermuda’s political leaders are Berkeleyites.  However, both political parties have a hand in the demise of Berkeley, which today is a non-selective part of the lagging Government school system.  While it has gained a massive new campus, [...]

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 The UK is a signatory to the “UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women” and has an obligation to expand that to all its overseas territories. The BVI, Falklands, and Turks have already acted.  Cayman and Gibraltar are working now.  Bermuda has promised to enact enabling legislation. Ok, the Convention [...]

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The British Parliament is back at work … unlike ours, which is still enjoying its summer recess … in mid-October! In the parliamentary questions this week, a Labour MP asked a series of questions regarding Bermuda’s BHC scandal, which were somewhat misleadingly sloughed off by Meg Munn of the FCO. What was the outcome of the [...]

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Not content to simply beat Bermuda to the punch with their Freedom of Information Law, the Cayman Islands has now tabled draft anti-corruption legislation for public consultation, which also covers whistleblower protection.  Coincidence or good positioning? The PLP promised to bring Bermuda’s anti-corruption laws up-to-date years ago but never did anything.  And the lack has [...]

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The PLP’s overheated Workforce Equity Act is an overheated piece of political theatre that is damaging to Bermuda’s future. The Chamber of Commerce and other groups yelped with surprise when the Act was revealed, saying that it was a totally different track from what Government had been discussing with their members.  Nothing like good faith [...]

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So much of Bermuda’s public dialogue centres around several key issues. Low graduation rates in public schools and corresponding low college attendence. Growing pay gaps derived from those educational differences. Overcrowded housing that costs a disproportionate amount of monthly income. There is a common thread that runs through those issues:  the growth of single parent [...]

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PLP MP Renee Webb has publicly criticized Dr. Brown’s Workforce Equity Act shakedown, saying “Until you address the education system you cannot turn around and say [business] should hire people who are underqualified.” She’s right and I applaud her courage in standing up against the buzz of sycophancy that dominates the PLP today. The Bermuda [...]

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