PREMIER Alex Scott has accused the British Government of employing a "colonial" procedure to pick a new Chief Justice for the island, as the rift between the Government and Government House widened yesterday.
Responding publicly yesterday to last Thu...
DATE: Dec 26, 2003 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Kent
The way Britain selected the new Chief Justice was a return to "a colonial model which we thought had been relegated to history", Premier Alex Scott said yesterday.
He questioned whether the appointment of Englishman Richard Ground over naturalised B...
The public row with Britain over the appointment of a non-Bermudian Chief Justice has not pushed Independence on to Government's immediate agenda, Premier Alex Scott said last night.
A special Cabinet meeting will be held this morning, after which th...
The dispute between Government House and the Government is far from over, even though Turks and Caicos Islands Chief Justice Richard Ground has been appointed Bermuda?s Chief Justice.
Indeed, it is simply one battle in what may be a long war.
First, ...
OW many of us get the perennial chore of Christmas shopping completed by Halloween? Not a lot of us. But I do know one fellow who is wise enough to avoid the hassle the rest of us go through by choosing his gifts on his travels throughout the year so...
DATE: Dec 19, 2003 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Letters to the Editor
Britain's determination to appoint its candidate for the Chief Justice's post could spark a headlong rush for independence agreed both parties yesterday.
United Bermuda Party Shadow Attorney General Trevor Moniz accused the Premier of whipping up pol...
EVEN though Lieutenant Colonel Eddie Lamb appears to agree that Bermudians suffer from a lack of national identity (, December 12), I am somewhat surprised that he would play down this factor when it comes to problems the Bermuda Regiment experiences...
Bermuda is unhappy about Britain?s insistence that Governors take a more ?robust? role in the internal affairs of overseas territories, Premier Alex Scott said yesterday.
At last week?s Overseas Territories Consultative Council meeting in London, Bri...
"If I had a million dollars, I'd buy me a house, or a super car, or diamonds galore?"
So goes the catchy song now used on TV used to promote the State of New York lottery tickets. While we know the odds of winning the Megabucks are stacked against us...
December 3, 2003
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