June 23, 2011
Dear Sir,
The Government must provide the framework for moving Bermuda to an independent and economically green sustainable future. Our Government and our elders must be part of the solution, not the problem.
In a way, Mr Editor, our yo...
DATE: Jun 30, 2011 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
Former Premier Sir David Gibbons has told a Caribbean news magazine that Bermuda’s Government is “simply not competent” and that the Island’s reinsurance industry is “very healthy”.
In an interview published on Friday in Caribbean Journal, the former...
DATE: Jun 27, 2011 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
In 1995, while campaigning for a “yes” vote in the Independence referendum, I began receiving telephone calls from an anonymous, raspy-voiced man, who was expressing his opposition to my efforts. This continued for about four months. After the refere...
DATE: Jun 23, 2011 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Walton Brown
An award-winning documentary about the worldwide bee crisis, and a French action thriller that was nominated for a 2011 Academy Award are the featured films at the ‘Weekend Film Series’ on Sunday, June 19.
‘Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling...
DATE: Jun 17, 2011 | CATEGORY: Arts & Entertainment |
June 8, 2011
Dear Sir,
I can't help but notice that the issue of Independence is being dusted off again by various politicians and others. Of course, if we had put the issue to a Referendum (like a majority of the public was calling for) the last tim...
DATE: Jun 16, 2011 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
June 8, 2011
Dear Sir,
Hands up everyone who thinks racism has disappeared in the United States in the 235 years since America declared its independence (or “decolonialised”, if you want) from Britain in 1776. Now hands up everyone who thinks the sp...
DATE: Jun 16, 2011 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
Allied World Assurance Company Holdings AG has agreed to merge with US reinsurer Transatlantic Holdings Inc in a $3.2 billion deal that creates a reinsurer with operations in 18 countries - but other suitors may be tempted to make a rival bid for Tra...
I have today signed a document implementing the agreement of September last for the leasing of United States Bases in Bermuda and elsewhere and I wish to express to you my strong conviction that these bases are important pillars of the bridge connect...
Whenever a politician raises the notion of national Independence for Bermuda there is a predictable flow of negative commentary. Even though Independence is the natural political framework for countries and the democracy we all claim to hold so dearl...
DATE: Jun 08, 2011 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Walton Brown
May 31, 2011
Dear Sir,
For me, a reliable indicator of an approaching general election is when the PLP raises the issue of Independence for Bermuda, which Marc Bean and Walter Lister apparently did in a recent Motion to Adjourn in our House of Assemb...
DATE: Jun 07, 2011 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
