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 ...
November 28, 2004
Dear Sir,
The British Government have permitted referenda for devolution in the United Kingdom and are promising referenda prior to ratification of the new European Community's constitution and also, eventually, even for a substitut...
Bermuda will have an Ombudsman to address complaints and work on behalf of citizens with the Government.
Legislation was passed in the House of Assembly yesterday paving the way for Government to take steps in setting up the Office of the Ombudsman, ...
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...
