spiritual gathering next week in his role as Chairman of Bermuda's Committee of the International Year of Older Persons.
He will be there to highlight the Committee's activities and plans for the United Nations Year of Older Persons which was officia...
breaking his long political silence last week to criticise the Government's failure to separate the powers of the Attorney General and the still-vacant Director of Public Prosecutions position.
Sir John was correct on the point that the Government, a...
A wall of silence around Government Senate Leader Milton Scott's shock call for the sacking of the three Independent Senators is being maintained.
And Premier Jennifer Smith continued to decline to comment on Sen. Scott's call in the wake of veteran ...
Veteran attorney and former Senior Magistrate Richard Hector has stood firmly by his position on the Island's "desperate need'' for a modern court reporting system.
Mr. Hector, who has been president of the Bermuda Bar Council since April, touched on...
Classes are small, with a ratio of eight students to one teacher and one assistant. Students are treated as individuals, and the focus is on teaching them independence. The core curriculum includes teaching orientation, career education and literacy,...
which he released yesterday.
Section 71A of the Constitution Order 1968 refers to the appointment and conditions of the appointment of the Director of Public Prosecutions whose conditions of independence are not subservient and whose function is to d...
to call on Governor Thorold Masefield to quickly appoint a politically independent Director of Public Prosecutions.
Sir John also said he was deeply concerned by a decision by Government not to prosecute operators of gambling machines despite an opin...
Government should have said the park was purchased in 1890, not 1990.
They weren't sharks'! August 16, 1999 Dear Sir, So, the sharks are coming to get us! Alas by sheer coincidence we happened to be in the Daniel's Head area late Monday morning Au...
An attack on the independence of non-party senators is an assault on democracy, Opposition leader Pamela Gordon said yesterday.
Ms Gordon claimed: "What we have is a Government where this new Bermuda is not a democracy, but totalitarianism.
"They're ...
DATE: Aug 20, 1999 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda Party MPs who fought former Premier Sir John Swan's efforts to bring McDonald's franchises to Bermuda.
Recently, the legality of the Prohibited Restaurants Act was upheld in the highest court in the land, and was held to overrule the contract...