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Different issues
June 17, 2009
Dear Sir,
Like most Bermudians of conscience, I have mixed feelings about the Uighurs being here and hopefully once due process has taken place, the multifaceted risks to Bermuda will be deemed to ...
I want to be very clear about the motion of no confidence in Premier Ewart Brown, which we hope will be debated tomorrow: We are seeking a change in the leadership of the government, not a change in government.
We believe it is vitally important that...
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...
