Walton Brown would have been the “guiding hand” and “stabilising force” to help lead Bermuda to independence if he had not died, according to former premier Alex Scott.
Mr Scott told The Royal Gazette that Mr Brown, who was chairman of the Committee ...
Walton Brown Jr, a government backbencher, former minister and longstanding member of the Progressive Labour Party, has died at the age of 59.
An activist, political observer and staunch advocate for Bermudian independence, Mr Brown, who represented ...
DATE: Oct 09, 2019 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
“There is no economic or political reason why Bermuda should not be independent today. There is no logical reason why we are not independent. We have not seen it because we have not seen the type of leadership to take us to independence.” — Walton Br...
The facts are dribbling out about Donald Trump’s efforts to seek official foreign assistance to take actions that would harm his domestic political rivals. Those facts are rather appalling, but as The New York Times’s David Leonhardt notes, it is rea...
Dear Sir,
I read with interest, Bryant Trew’s August 28 letter, raising questions about independence for Bermuda, in light of the latest independence push, now under way.
Mr Trew has a sharp eye and knows how to express himself, with clarity and wei...
DATE: Sep 05, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
Several of the Bermuda squad featured for their respective professional clubs at the weekend before heading home for the island’s Concacaf Nations League opener against Panama.
Bermuda kick off their League A campaign against regional heavyweights Pa...
Dear Sir,
Recently, independence advocates have been encouraging people to read the Bermuda Independence Commission report to get answers to questions they may have on the topic. Having taken their advice, I now have questions that weren’t resolved b...
DATE: Aug 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
Black history is American history,” thundered Ralph Northam, Governor of Virginia, at a ceremony on August 24 commemorating the arrival of “20 and odd Negroes” who were traded for food by pirates who landed at Point Comfort, Virginia, 400 years ago t...
Lloyd Williams moved to Nevis and thought it was a good time to try farming.
He’d never planted anything in his life but there was a lot more open land there than in Bermuda and agriculture was important to his Bahá’í faith.
“I was a city boy,” the ...
DATE: Aug 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
Last month, Josette Matthew and other members of United Holy Church, journeyed thousands of miles to Ghana for a two-week mission trip. Once in the West African nation, they learnt the true importance of serving God with whole hearts and open hands. ...
