on the future of the UK's Dependent Territories early next year.
The Committee for the Independence of Bermuda accused Government of saying that they did not want to be involved.
And a spokesman claimed that sources close to the conference organisers...
DATE: Nov 07, 1997 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
hundreds of people at a special public forum tonight.
More than 400 guests are expected at the "Constitutional'' Forum at St.
Paul's Centennial Hall in Hamilton.
And the organisers -- the Friends of Montserrat Coalition -- will use the event to begin...
for failing to give citizenship to long-term residents.
Trevor Moniz MP, who represents Smith's South, last night told The Royal Gazette he was "ashamed'' of the UBP for failing to naturalize residents who have lived on the Island for 20 years or mor...
Progressive Labour Party activist Rolfe Commissiong has been suspended from meetings of the party's Central Committee and Parliamentary Committee amid a row over a newspaper interview.
And he has been asked to appear before a special disciplinary com...
DATE: Oct 24, 1997 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
`What Scotland actually has is a decentralised system rather than independence. It's not gone off on its own. But people on the Island, irrespective of status, seem confused about what the position is.' -- Ian Davidson A Scots MP visiting Bermuda se...
DATE: Oct 20, 1997 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
the people of Montserrat who are being subjected to a protracted natural disaster. There is great dignity in generosity to others. That is especially true in this particular case since Montserrat is another small island in our own area of the world w...
Coxall will mean the end of Operation Cleansweep. Bermuda was promised that the elaborate arrests of street pushers was just the beginning of a larger plan which would next target importers of illicit drugs. Now people are beginning to wonder if this...
Bermuda could become a leader among the UK's remaining Dependent Territories in a joint bid to win a better deal from Britain, according to a new pressure group.
The news came from the recently-formed Friends of Montserrat Coalition, set up in respon...
DATE: Oct 03, 1997 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermudians with ancestors from St. Kitts and Nevis got back to their roots at the weekend.
And a troupe of Bermudian Gombey dancers -- the Warner Gombeys -- are set to visit St. Kitts for the St. Kitts Carnival over Christmas.
The move comes after th...
DATE: Sep 23, 1997 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
"People's Five'', resigns today it will come at a bad time for the United Bermuda Party Government.
No Government wants the uncertainty and distraction of a by-election so close to an election. The UBP would have to find a strong candidate and win, a...
