In his latest collection of political cartoons, local artist Peter Woolcock uses a wardrobe of funny images ? the Premier?s underwear, the Tourism Minister?s boxing gloves and the Transport Minister?s shoes, to bring a fresh look to some age old topi...
INSANITY, we've been told Mr. Editor, is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result — which, of course, never happens. So this time around for the annual grand yawn on the parliamentary calendar known as the Budget Deba...
The United Bermuda Party refused to participate on the Bermuda Independence Commission (BIC) yesterday, saying the Premier was wasting time and money on the issue which could be better spent elsewhere.
The move will also leave the UBP free to agree o...
OPPOSITION Leader Dr. Grant Gibbons has announced that the United Bermuda Party (UBP) will play no part in the Bermuda Independence Commission (BIC) launched by Premier Alex Scott yesterday.
Dr. Gibbons, who said the UBP had declined an invitation to...
Premier Alex Scott is expected to announce the members of the Bermuda Independence Commission (BIC) today.
Though the Opposition United Bermuda Party was asked to give input on the choosing of members of the BIC, party spokesperson Jamahl Simmons dec...
Premier Alex Scott announced the formation of an Independence commission yesterday to encourage debate after his call earlier this year for Bermuda to split from Britain.
The 13-person team, picked to be representative of the community, will begin wo...
WITH plans well in hand for the observance next year of Bermuda's Quincentennial and with our long anticipated Sovereign Independence, like it or lump it, just around the proverbial corner, there could hardly have been a more timely, and I daresay wo...
November 30, 2004
Dear Sir,
The Road Safety Council pushed to make it a law to use seat belts, which would make sense if everyone had to use them, including bus drivers who have all these people's lives in their hands every day. Dr. Ewart Brown, Dr. ...
December 3, 2004
Dear Sir,
During the 1960s, I captured and trained dolphins for the Miami Seaquarium, including the five dolphins that played the role of "Flipper" in the American TV series of the same name. I have witnessed firsthand the suffering ...
Five Governors from British Overseas Territories in the Caribbean met in Bermuda this week with Governor Sir John Vereker to discuss everything from disaster preparation to financial issues.
The subject of Independence was not broached, however, Sir ...
