1964 (Aug 21) — United Bermuda Party founded.
1968 — UBP wins the General Election with 30 of 40 seats. Sir Henry Tucker is Party Leader.
1971 (Dec 29) — Sir Edward Richards succeeds Henry Tucker as Party Leader.
1972 (May) — UBP wins the General Ele...
Just one in five people have backed Labour and Immigration Minister Derrick Burgess’ claims that employees who speak out against company policies should be fired.
People were quizzed in a Royal Gazette opinion poll during the row over Dr. Catherine W...
DATE: Mar 29, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Police stormed the main opposition party headquarters yesterday and arrested its leader shortly before President Robert Mugabe left for an emergency meeting of southern African leaders about the crisis in Zimbabwe.Morgan Tsvangirai...
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s battered but emboldened opposition leader threatened to boycott planned elections next year as church leaders launched an outspoken appeal for democracy in the mounting challenge to the autocratic President Robert Mugabe...
Chief Reporter Matthew Taylor looks at the front-runners and outside chances in the United Bermuda Party leadership race:
MICHAEL DUNKLEY
Now the frontrunner in the leadership race Michael Dunkley has built up a solid reputation since entering parlia...
Most people have known grief, but few have known it like the Johnston family. In a 15-hour stretch the family’s matriarch suddenly lost her husband and her son in two unexpected and completely unrelated deaths.
The grieving widow’s daughter Denise Mo...
BUNCE ISLAND, Sierra Leone (Reuters) — The ivy-clad ruins perched on a strip of mud in the Sierra Leone river hide a dark past, but have become an unlikely symbol of hope for many African Americans seeking slave forbears.As a departure point for thou...
The Jamaicans in Bermuda are celebrating their country’s 45 years of independence by holding a host of events over the coming months.
The first event on the agenda is set to take place at the Bermuda College Cafeteria, on Saturday morning.
Jamaican A...
Part of public heritage
March 13, 2007
Dear Sir,
Thank you for publishing my views on Southlands. There have been many views expressed on the planned use of this lovely amenity by both developer and critic.
Let us not lose track of the fact that this...
Bermuda must fix its race problem before it tackles independence said Premier Ewart Brown — but he has not yet ruled it out for the forthcoming election.
Speaking to the Caribbean Media Corporation he said race was a huge factor in Bermuda.
And he ad...
