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Perhaps bruised by previous efforts to bring about Independence for Bermuda, the Progressive Labour Party Government has taken a different approach with the release of the Corbin report. But it seems unlikely that this effort will be any more succes...

Dear Sir, This is a poem I wrote in May 1996 on Independence for Bermuda: Independence — what does it mean? Standing UP on your own two feet, Being the driver in the driver's seat. Being confident that you can surely make it, Not listening to negati...

Dear Sir, In 1969, when Bermuda changed from pound sterling to Bermuda dollars, the exchange rate with the US dollar was on par, ie, one Bermuda dollar equalled one US dollar. The exchange rate in Jamaica in 1969 was 1.20 Jamaican dollars for one US...

More often than not, it seems as if people around the world have allowed themselves to believe that colonialism was and remains some fairytale read in a book. You know, the stories in which the handsome prince marries the glowing bride and all in the...

The report on self-determination is out now, so obviously the Cabinet has reviewed it and deemed it fit for public consumption. Although Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General, claimed the report did not make any recommendations, the report’s con...

Dear Sir, Are you all keeping up? If you think you had a tough day at the office, consider what happened last Friday, just one day in the life of Bermuda politics: Friday, December 2, 2022, House of Assembly — AM session: The Government released a se...

Dear Sir, The Attorney-General spoke recently about self-government. I was under the impression Bermuda is Britain's oldest self-governing colony. It has only been in recent years that the passing of the Cannabis Bill was denied by the Governor and ...

“I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination.” — Nelson Mandela Ordinarily, I make a conscious effort not respond to my critics when I put out my opinions for public consumption. An occupational hazard of pla...

It may look as if the UK Supreme Court dealt a death blow to Nicola Sturgeon's strategy for Scottish independence, with its ruling on Wednesday that no referendum could be held without agreement from Westminster. In fact, it did the opposite. The Sco...