The facts are in, the recommendations are made, and the Bermuda Independence Commission Report is available to the public ? all 600 pages of it.
Bermuda can afford the costs associated with Independence, the report declares, offering an annual cost r...
Halt the ?foreign? gardens
September 14, 2005
Dear Sir,
Two years after Hurricane Fabian, I congratulate the Management and Staff of the Botanical Gardens in Paget for the way in which they have turned the devastation of the hurricane into an opportu...
Premier Alex Scott glances at Bermuda Independence Commission chairman Bishop Vernon Lamb, Dame Lois Browne-Evans and Telecommunications Minister Michael Scott during a press conference held to unveil the BIC report. Photo by David Skinner
THE Government should find out quickly how British citizenship might be retained for Bermudians, should the island go Independent, according to the Bermuda Independence Commission (BIC).
That was one of the recommendations the BIC listed in its lengt...
DATE: Sep 16, 2005 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Kent
The Bermuda Independence Commission makes the following recommendations:
1. Many individuals indicated that they could not vote for Independence unless they knew beforehand the details of the type of Government and constitution for which they would b...
Cost estimates are based on Government 2005 salary rates and other 2005 costs using assumptions that the Commission believes are reasonable. Costs would likely increase annually to reflect inflation. Initial and capital costs are one-off start up cos...
THE Bermuda Independence Commission came under fire after it stated in its report, published yesterday, that it had learned of "no instance" where a decision on Independence had been taken by means of a referendum.
Bermuda itself held a referendum on...
DATE: Sep 16, 2005 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Kent
External affairs in an Independent Bermuda would cost between $3.3 million and $10 million a year depending on how much prominence the Island wanted on the world stage, according to the Bermuda Independence Commission report.
And the report revealed ...
The Bermuda Regiment believes it would need to have 100 full-time soldiers at an annual cost of $4 million to meet its obligations in an independent Bermuda, the Bermuda Independence Commission report revealed.
The Report released to the public yeste...
A 68-year-old Hamilton grandmother depends on the charity of others to pay her bills every month.
She?s one of Bermuda?s 7,000 pensioners, half of whom receive just $767.43 a month as a basic contributory pension.
The fact she lives in a Bermuda Hous...
