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Burchall: Falling Wages & Rising Deductions
[Written by Larry Burchall] Yesterday, on a radio talk show, Mr Chris Furbert, President of the Bermuda Industrial Union, pointed out that thousands of members of the BIU have been severely impacted by the state of Bermuda’s slowed-down economy and the government’s decision to cut back on some government expenditure. In the BIU Hotel division, workers... Read more of this article
Burchall Report: I Am Bermudian
[Written by Larry Burchall] Sense of entitlement. Something, it seems, that Bermudians should and should not have. But what exactly is a sense of entitlement anyway? For me it is the sense that I have some thing, or a right to something because it is specially and intrinsically mine. It is mine in a way that is unique, not just to me individually,... Read more of this article
A Look at the Beretta Gun Charge
[written by Larry Burchall] In court this morning the fact that Sanchey Grant was charged with unlawful possession of a Beretta handgun sparked my interest. During my time in the military, I worked with the Connecticut State police and trained with them in Connecticut on one of their conversion courses to the Beretta. The Italian designed and manufactured... Read more of this article
Iceland Volcano Send Business to Bermuda?
[Written by Larry Burchall] Could Iceland’s exploding volcano send reinsurance business to Bermuda? As reported in today’s “The Scotsman”, Chris Yates, an aviation security analyst with Jane’s Information Group, said it was essential to protect the safety of airline passengers. “I can understand the anxiety of the airline industry,... Read more of this article
Time Passes, But Does Anything Change?
[Written by Larry Burchall] Long before the time of the PLP and UBP, the government of thirty-six Independents of the 1950’s segregationist era passed some strong legislation showing some archly conservative and reactionary attitudes. One set of legislation dealt with teenagers and their bikes. Auxiliary cycles – as they were then called –... Read more of this article
Prisoner Transfer: Bermuda Has Done it Before
[Written by Larry Burchall] Recent talk of sending Bermudian prisoners overseas to serve their sentences? Bermuda already has a precedent. In fact, many precedents. In 1960, a Bermudian, convicted of murder, was sent to the UK to complete his sentence in a mental institution that could hold convicted prisoners. This decision was made between the... Read more of this article
Burchall Report: Deep Dark Secrets
[Written by Larry Burchall] In 1996, James Caines was shot. He managed to get home to his mother and that is where he died. Before dying though, he named his killers. Because he was able to name the shooters, because of good follow-up Police and Prosecutions work, two men were arrested, tried, convicted, and jailed. In late 2010, with time off for... Read more of this article
Burchall Report: Bermuda Rental Market in 2010
[Written by Larry Burchall] In March of last year (2009), in the Bermuda Sun “Sun Shopper Real Estate” For Rent section, twenty-two ads for houses and apartments for rent. Twelve months later, the same section had sixty-eight ads. In twelve months, a three hundred percent increase in empty rental units. That doesn’t mean that there are three times... Read more of this article
