Independence and visasJune 22, 2006
Dear Sir,Recent articles (such as the one in the June 20 issue of The Royal Gazette, “Citizenship and the Independence question”), attempt to downplay the problems of obtaining visas for passport holders from tiny ...
Independence and visas
June 22, 2006
Dear Sir,
Recent articles (such as the one in the June 20 issue of ?Citizenship and the Independence question?), attempt to downplay the problems of obtaining visas for passport holders from tiny countries. The au...
CAN it actually get any worse than it is? Bermuda's inability to uphold the checks and balances of a functioning democracy have been picked up by overseas media and we look pretty incompetent. I refer, of course, to the Auditor General's office fiasc...
WITH the latest flare-up of violence between the Palestinians and the state of Israel, we are once again seeing a modern version of the Indian wars that took place on the North American continent in the 19th century when settlers of European descent ...
June 23, 2006THERE are other ways of trying to “Keep up with the Joneses” or copying others which are just as destructive as those commented on this week by your columnist Alvin Williams. Recently, President George Bush once again reminded Americans ...
PREMIER Alex Scott has been charged with dishing out honours to members of an under-fire organisation in a bid to shore up their credibility.
Last month 11 members of the Bermuda Independence Commission were granted Queen?s Certificates and Badges of...
Today in HistoryTODAY is Tuesday, July 4, the 185th day of 2006. There are 180 days left in the year. This is Independence Day.
ON THIS DATE
In 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.
In 1934, Marie Curie, Polish-Frenc...
Early showers did not stop over 4,000 people from celebrating Independence Day at Moresby Plain, Dockyard on Saturday.
A spectacular 30-minute fireworks display ? which US Consul General Gregory Slayton called the largest ever seen in Bermuda? capped...
HAVE always been loath to criticise people who have accepted a Queen's honour because I have considered that is their personal right to accept or decline such awards. However, from a personal point of view, my position would be quite clear if such an...
