Race, front and centre
November 30, 2004
Dear Sir,
It appears the issue of race has once again come to the fore, with the United Bermuda Party appointing for the first time in their history a Shadow Minister of Race in David Dodwell as well as inviti...
FAR be it for me to try to guess what form the Government's much heralded debate on the question of Independence will finally take. But I would have thought that Government would not have wanted discussions on Independence to clash with its equally v...
AS a general rule memory idealises the past. When personal history is called to mind it is almost always brightly glossed with romanticism. The mental pageant of long-ago scenes is invariably haloed in the rosiest of hues. But when individuals have b...
IS Bermuda in distress? Is the Premier sending a cryptic message to the people that Independence is nigh?
According to one angry veteran, the Union flag is hanging upside down at the Cenotaph in Hamilton. "The Union Jack's been hanging upside down si...
DATE: Dec 03, 2004 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Kent
Sincere thanks
November 27, 2004
Dear Sir,
I am writing as President of the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps Overseas Association, but know I also speak for all Bermudian war veterans and their families, in congratulating all branches of the media - the...
Pathetic public greeting
November 26, 2004
Dear Sir,
“Good-morning-how-are-you?” “How-are-you-today!” They pass with a quick smile, not slackening pace or waiting for a reply. Flung over the shoulder, replies are lost in the snarl of traffic, “Have-g...
WHEN Progressive Labour Party MP Ren?e Webb abruptly resigned from the Government Cabinet in the summer, I posed what I fully anticipated would be a rhetorical question. I asked whether Ms Webb would be content to sit on the backbenches and watch eve...
More than 60 percent of Bermudians in a poll said they were opposed to Independence for Bermuda.
Of the 403 residents polled by Research Innovations, 21.4 percent supported Independence, and 17.2 percent said they were unsure.
The numbers reinforced ...
CHERYL Packwood has the sort of resum? that would be admired anywhere, but this only child of noted author and librarian Cyril Packwood and Dorothy has tested the strength of glass ceilings on two continents, and here in Bermuda.
Born in New York, sh...
Organisers of the Christmas Boat Parade are hoping for a record turnout this year when the event gets underway on December 11.
The current number of entries stands at 62 ? although event spokesperson Ian Coles said yesterday that it is still not too ...
