Much to be proud of

July 27, 2006

Dear Sir,

I was very pleased to see the article in today?s announcing that your ?Youth News? supplement won the Rookie of the Year award at the recent Young Reader Conference.

I have met Ms Fellowes and her young reporters on several different occasions and have a high regard for them and the work that they do. You and she have much of which to be proud with this worthy publication.

Please accept my congratulations. I wish you, Ms Fellowes and her team of reporters continued success.

Can anyone help?

July 24, 2006

Dear Sir,

I write to you in the hope that you may be able to assist me in finding out something of my ancestors.

I believe that my husband?s great grandfather was named Robert Symington Cockburn and while serving in Bermuda with the British Army (Medical Corp.). He married a lady named Emma Greenslade on August 20, 1884.

I am enclosing a copy of their marriage certificate from the Colonial Office and this is as far as I can get. Is it at all possible that there may be records with perhaps details of this couple ? parents, address or any details?

Your help would be much appreciated as I cannot find an address or e-mail address for the Colonial Office in Bermuda..

Calling for a referendum

August 1st, 2006

Dear Mr. Premier

WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO OUR REFERENDUM ?

On September 20, 2005, we presented the PLP Government with the first batch of Petitions for Referendum on the issue of Independence. The Government commented that the almost-15,000 signatories ??. The PLP Government made no commitment to hold a Referendum and we thus presented the Government with a second batch of Petitions for Referendum on February 2, 2006. The Government then responded that our efforts to express were ?an example of democracy at work?.

The total number of validated Petition signatures gathered in Bermuda amounted to hundreds in winning the last general election. In percentage terms, the number of Petition signatures gathered amounted to 15,523 or over

It has been ten months since we presented the PLP Government with the first batch of Petition signatures and still we have had no commitment, except to say that a Referendum were held, the Government would abide by the result; and that a Referendum be considered as a general election, or an election. Why does the Government consistently avoid suggesting that a Referendum be held an election?

The Petition wording clearly stated that the people of Bermuda want the issue of Independence decided by Referendum, and by general election. , as stated by one of the world?s leading authorities on Referendums (the Initiative & Referendum Institute), as it invites and in the voters? minds. A Referendum is a vote on one issue only and should be held separately, and at least an election.

Please respond without delay to the question being presented to us almost daily: ?? The majority of the people of Bermuda have made it clear that they want a Referendum and they do want . Please give us a reason for your Government?s extraordinary delay in giving such a commitment for a separate referendum.

Yours truly,

LETS DO SOMETHING

Southampton