2880 results returned for search: "independence AND " category "News"
The Chamber of Commerce is urging Government to make a decision on Independence quickly because the uncertainty is bad for business.
And the organisation also believes that a referendum is the preferred route to decide the issue.
An open forum on the...
DATE: Oct 08, 2005
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Progressive Labour Party spokesman Scott Simmons sounded the rallying cry for Independence at a Press conference yesterday but gave few clues on when Government would move on the idea.
And he said the issue was still being debated within the party it...
DATE: Oct 07, 2005
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Opposition Leader Grant Gibbons has openly criticised the Premier for what he terms a ?predictable exercise in damage control?.
Dr. Gibbons was responding to the public letter in yesterday?s newspaper in which Premier Alex Scott defended the controve...
DATE: Oct 06, 2005
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Premier Alex Scott has today defended a controversial e-mail which has led to him being accused of racism.
In an advertisement on Page 10 of today's Mr. Scottapologised for the use of the word "crap" in an e-mailthat was mistakenly sent to entertaine...
DATE: Oct 05, 2005
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Traditions, customs and laws that have served Bermuda well during all its history as a British dependency will be preserved even if the Island takes the road of Independence.
Within hours of a warning from the international business community that th...
DATE: Sep 30, 2005
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Bermuda will walk a perilous Independence path if it breaks away from the United Kingdom-based legal system and customs and traditions that currently makes international business feel ?comfortable? about operating on the Island.
Two organisations rep...
DATE: Sep 29, 2005
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
The 68-year-old Hamilton grandmother who told she struggled to make ends meet on her pension will have all her bills paid by Financial Assistance by October.
The woman, who did not want to be identified, is one of 7,000 seniors in Bermuda ? half of ...
DATE: Sep 27, 2005
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
A poll of Bermudians taken just days before the release of the Bermuda Independence Commission?s report found that a large percentage are not only against Independence, but if they had to decide, they would want to do so by referendum.
These were the...
DATE: Sep 26, 2005
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Bermuda is hosting three African tourism ministers and leading academics during the planning conference for the African Diaspora Heritage Trail.
The trail was the vision of former tourism minister, the late David Allen. He hoped that a trail could be...
DATE: Sep 24, 2005
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
The PLP said yesterday the Opposition insulted the country by distancing themselves from the independence debate.
However, the UBP said either the Bermuda Independence Commission (BIC) or the PLP ?screwed up? by leaving out its submission.
?The Premi...
DATE: Sep 23, 2005
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
