Independence advocate and political analyst Walton Brown yesterday welcomed the Bermuda Independence Commission Report, saying it would help to spark an informed debate on the issue.
Now, he said, the Government must let the public know what it inten...
The Bermuda Independence Commission?s claim that it could find no instance in which a country determined its position on Independence by way of a referendum missed a country that should have been close to the hearts of its members ? Bermuda in 1995.
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The Bermuda Independence Commission tried to be not only a commission on Independence, but also an independent commission, its chairman said yesterday.
And Bishop Vernon Lamb said he hoped the BIC?s report released yesterday would ?serve as a light t...
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
