December 24, 2003
Dear Sir,
When I was a child, I did childish things. When I became a man, I did away with childish things. I come from a privileged background, with three sisters and four brothers. Having the privilege of being reared from a single...
Former Premier Sir John Swan has praised Alex Scott's Government while launching a stinging critique of his own party.
He said the United Bermuda Party's white elite were a turn off for voters and potential black candidates alike and he said wholesal...
Sir John Swan has praised Premier Alex Scott's pro-Bermudian stance over the appointment of the Chief Justice.
He said Mr. Scott was right to favour naturalised Bermudian Norma Wade-Miller over Englishman Richard Ground.
And he said the row had shown...
Government House has reminded Premier Alex Scott that Governors will continue to have a "key role" in judicial appointments.
The day after the Premier accused Britain of reverting to a "colonial model which we thought had been relegated to history" w...
AS has become a Yuletide tradition for this column, at this time of year I declare a truce in the normal cut-and-thrust of political discourse and embrace the sentiments of the holiday season ? making a list (and checking it twice) of gifts that I wo...
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
