Insulting comparison
June 17, 2009
Dear Sir,
I write regarding the comments of Ms Laverne Furbert concerning the march on Parliament on Tuesday, June 16. Specifically, she said: "What I saw here today was a lynching party … and I tell people go and l...
Continued from Saturday
However, John Barritt, Shadow Minister of Legislative and Public Administration Reform, said: "The silence from the other side of this House has become deafening. I would have thought the front bench would have been speaking o...
Tyranny of the Premier
June 14, 2009
Dear Sir,
I, like many Bermudians, am not opposed to receiving the former Guantánamo detainees on humanitarian grounds. Bermuda has always opened its arms to foreign nationals; an explosion of our population would...
Bermuda's relationship with Britain will not deteriorate because of the decision to let four Guantánamo Bay detainees seek asylum on the Island.
The Governor Sir Richard Gozney spoke to this newspaper yesterday afternoon and assured the public that t...
Premier Ewart Brown yesterday admitted that he may not have brought four Guantánamo Bay detainees to Bermuda had he anticipated the "firestorm" it would provoke.
But he told MPs during a speech in the House of Assembly that he still firmly believed i...
DATE: Jun 13, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Reaction to the announcement that four Guantánamo Bay detainees have been relocated to the Island, was swift and overwhelming with The Royal Gazette being inundated with e-mails as well as comments on our Facebook page.
The number of e-mails was unpr...
Germany, Canada, Australia and the American public said no; Palau and Bermuda said yes.
It's not known exactly how many countries the United States has approached asking to take Guantánamo Bay detainees, but it is thought it began with a request to A...
DATE: Jun 12, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
@rh24bold:Today in History
Today is Thursday, June 11, the 162nd day of 2009. There are 203 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1770, Capt. James Cook, commander of the British ship Endeavour, discovered the Great Barrier Reef off Australia by ru...
For many couples, married or not, the entrepreneurial spirit takes hold leading to the idea to extend the living arrangements to working together. This major decision is viewed as the ticket to wealth, self-determination and happiness. While for some...
The Premier led the tributes yesterday to Sir Richard Posnett, a former Governor of Bermuda who died this week aged 89.
Dr. Ewart Brown told The Royal Gazette that the Government was "saddened" to hear of Sir Richard's death, adding that his short te...
