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NEARLY ten per cent of the island's population are expected to attend what's been billed as "the biggest party in Bermuda's history" on July 1 ? and around 60 local charities are set to benefit. The hosts are the US Consulate and the American Society...

BERMUDA will have more representation in the UK and the European Union (EU) if British MP Daniel Kawczynski gets his way. Mr. Kawczynski (pictured) presented a bill to the UK Parliament this week, proposing that Prime Minister Tony Blair should appoi...

CURE executive director Myra Virgil has backed Senator Kim Swan's call for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to tackle racial tension, discrimination and prejudice. She said the creation of such a body would be "a great thing" but she said, for p...

SOME civil servants were reportedly given two days to come up with a summary of what Independence would mean for their department. A Civil Service source, who asked not to be named, told the Mid-Ocean News that the request from their Ministerial boss...

THE Government should find out quickly how British citizenship might be retained for Bermudians, should the island go Independent, according to the Bermuda Independence Commission (BIC). That was one of the recommendations the BIC listed in its lengt...

THE Bermuda Independence Commission came under fire after it stated in its report, published yesterday, that it had learned of "no instance" where a decision on Independence had been taken by means of a referendum. Bermuda itself held a referendum on...

BRITAIN does not regard Bermuda as a "non-self-governing" territory, Governor Sir John Vereker told visiting members of the United Nations Decolonisation Committee. The Governor told the Special Mission on their visit to the island in March that he r...

BERMUDA'S pre-clearance privileges with the US "would not radically change" if the island were to go Independent. That was what four members of the Bermuda Independence Commission heard when they met with US officials during a fact-finding mission la...

BERMUDA Independence Commission chairman Bishop Vernon Lambe yesterday criticised Opposition Leader Dr. Grant Gibbons' opinion that the United Nations decolonisation committee has no role to play in Bermuda's Independence debate. At a press conferenc...

BERMUDA Independence Commission (BIC) chairman Bishop Vernon Lambe vowed yesterday that the panel chosen to explore the options on Independence would present its findings in a paper to the Cabinet "in six months at the latest". Before then, BIC will ...