A poll of Bermudians taken just days before the release of the Bermuda Independence Commission?s report found that a large percentage are not only against Independence, but if they had to decide, they would want to do so by referendum.
These were the...
A note of thanks
September 15, 2005
Dear sir,
We would like to take this opportunity to express our heartfelt appreciation to all the sponsors and supporters of the charity buffet which took place on Labour Day, September 5, in aid of the West Africa...
Bermuda is hosting three African tourism ministers and leading academics during the planning conference for the African Diaspora Heritage Trail.
The trail was the vision of former tourism minister, the late David Allen. He hoped that a trail could be...
I know what I signed
September 23, 2005
Dear Sir,
It has taken me a few days to write this letter to you. I have experienced an entire range of emotions this week; anger, outrage, disappointment, and finally sadness.
I refer to the comment you made w...
Look at the costs
September 23, 2005
Dear Sir,
Missing from the media coverage surrounding the report of the Bermuda Independence Commission has been a critical examination of the potential benefits and costs of independence. Instead the coverage has...
The PLP said yesterday the Opposition insulted the country by distancing themselves from the independence debate.
However, the UBP said either the Bermuda Independence Commission (BIC) or the PLP ?screwed up? by leaving out its submission.
?The Premi...
The Progressive Labour Party fears that Bermudians for Referendum is a phantom arm of the United Bermuda Party.
PLP spokesman Scott Simmons said yesterday the PLP hoped that Bermudians for Referendum was not the voice of the UBP which he said was not...
September 17, 2005
Dear Sir,
Further to Sarah Titterton's Friday article on the use of referendums to decide major sovereign issues, perhaps we can conclude that the members of the Bermuda Independence Commission either do not know how to use that mo...
The row over the Bermuda Independence Commission (BIC) report rumbled on yesterday, with Premier Alex Scott accusing opposition leader Grant Gibbons of misleading the media and public.
The Premier expressed a desire to ?set the record straight? regar...
Amid the bias and the editorialising that suffused the final report of the much-maligned Bermuda Independence Commission (BIC) there was one recommendation that, of itself, justified that body's existence.
The report explicitly acknowledged the need ...
