In 1999, 51 per cent of Bermudians stated they would take independence rather than have closer ties with the United Kingdom; today less than 30 per cent report they support statehood. While winning public support for independence seems to be a key ob...
Bermuda will have the easiest transition to Independence of any former colony because of the level of sophistication of its people, its mature democracy and its economic success.
That is the claim of former MP and Senator Calvin Smith who joined a pa...
DATE: Jun 19, 2006 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Scott Neil
Bermuda?s former top judge Chief Justice Austin Ward QC has been made a ?Sir? in the Queen?s Birthday Honours List announced today.
There are also two new MBEs on the Island, while 11 of the 14 members of the Bermuda Independence Commission have acce...
DATE: Jun 17, 2006 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Scott Neil
NEARLY ten per cent of the island's population are expected to attend what's been billed as "the biggest party in Bermuda's history" on July 1 ? and around 60 local charities are set to benefit.
The hosts are the US Consulate and the American Society...
DATE: Jun 16, 2006 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Kent
Published August 12, 2005
EDWIN Leather was not the British Government's first choice to succeed the murdered Sir Richard Sharples as Bermuda's Governor. Nor was he the second or third choice. In fact, Sir Edwin's name was last on a final short list ...
Published March 5, 2004
BERMUDA was presented with the still-current either/or choice on going to Independence or maintaining existing constitutional arrangements with Britain in 1973 after Whitehall reneged on promises to allow the island to pursue ...
Published August 19, 2005
NEWLY arrived Governor Sir Edwin Leather correctly anticipated in 1973 that the then-taboo subject of Independence would emerge as a major political issue in Bermuda by the mid-to-late 1970s ? but said the Progressive Labour...
BELGRADE — Shattered buildings on the boulevard tell the story: Belgrade is the only European capital bombed by NATO and Serbia does not forget it.The cruise-missile ruins on “Tomahawk Alley” are totems of resentment of a people who feel misunderstoo...
IN the aftermath of the failure of Government backbencher Renée Webb's Private Member's Bill which would have extended Bermuda's human rights legislation to recognise so-called sexual orientation — and allow legal recourse to those who believe they h...
IN the wake of the Parliamentary fiasco surrounding Renee Webb's Private Member's Bill, I think I've finally figured out our Government's affinity for Cuba. Our leaders obviously admire the lack of civil and human rights the Cuban government affords ...
