THE Western world has expended a great deal of effort in trying to convince the Muslim world that the current War Against Terror is not in fact a war being waged against Islam. Yet even if you do not include the two Gulf Wars, most of the world's hot...
Government has turned down a request by the United Nations Decolonisation Committee to visit Bermuda, saying the visit would be inappropriate as Bermuda enters a debate on Independence.
The UN committee made the request to the Cabinet Office at the s...
Politics does not inspire us
September 23, 2004
Dear Sir,
Like most Bermudians and residents, I am confused as to what is happening in our Island home, especially with our young folk. Without revisiting all of the negatives of gang war activity over ...
Premier Alex Scott agreed yesterday that the mechanism for deciding on Independence is best decided in Bermuda, not Whitehall.
A visiting delegation from the UK branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association made the call this week saying it wo...
BERMUDA is at times something of a tiny mid-Atlantic political science laboratory. Here it is possible to witness regular small-scale experiments that demonstrate the truth of universal laws governing all civic societies.
Most recently the Premier hi...
A visiting UK Commonwealth and Parliamentary delegation leave Bermuda this weekend "deeply impressed" with what they have observed.
But they are recommending that Bermuda makes arrangements for better representation in the United Kingdom.
"Many of th...
Last week?s Overseas Territories Consultative Council meeting in London produced some good news and some not so good news.
The good news was that the Foreign Office will make a decision before Christmas on whether the UK?s remaining overseas territor...
The United Bermuda Party is sticking to its position that Independence should be decided by way of a referendum and not a General Election.
Opposition Leader Grant Gibbons yesterday urged Premier Alex Scott to spend more time at home addressing the I...
Britain has admitted to having no clear policy on whether its colonies should choose Independence through elections or a referendum, but has promised to come to a determination by Christmas, said Premier Alex Scott yesterday.
Mr. Scott, clarifying a...
IN his speech in London to the Overseas Territories Consultative Council, Premier Alex Scott contended that Bermuda's development has reached a critical point and that it would be tackled by a ten-year "Social Agenda" and some form of redistributive ...
