The Bermuda Constitution of 1968 was crafted to “maintain the status quo”, even as it advanced voters’ rights, a visiting academic has said.
Nicola Barker, an expert on human rights and constitutional law, is among the speakers at a conference on the...
DATE: Jun 07, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
There are some among us, Mr Editor, who think we should scrap the Westminster system altogether. We know why. There appears to be so much unnecessary division and bitterness to our politics, which in turn seems to widen the divide in the greater comm...
DATE: Jun 07, 2018 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: John Barritt
A prevailing view in some circles in Bermuda, Mr Editor, is that the British Government will not entertain any further amendment to the Bermuda Constitution Order unless we deign to seek independence.
Whether or not that is the official position rema...
DATE: Jun 06, 2018 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: John Barritt
Old-school voters in Paget East said they were worried about the island’s future as they head to the polls tomorrow.
In a traditional stronghold of the One Bermuda Alliance, The Progressive Labour Party is still dogged by its past economic record in ...
DATE: Jun 06, 2018 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
The past few weeks have provided an invaluable insight into what some of the electorate are talking about and what their concerns really are.
Every time I stop and talk to the voters in Warwick North East, the same issues crop up: affordable healthca...
Do you remember being little? All the doting relatives asking what you were going to be when you grow up. Young children are always so truthful, so sincere, and breathtakingly honest.
Some children say they want to be a diver, while others it was to ...
A Brazilian supermodel who lost her engagement ring on a Bermuda beach has had it returned, thanks to the assistance of David Burt.
Metal detectorist Andrew Roberts was called in, and located the massive diamond ring within minutes. Now the happy c...
When I was a younger man, I was very inclined towards the thought of Bermuda as a nation. Perhaps influenced by the postwar environment where from my house as a child I watched American naval ships, aircraft carriers and seaplanes — at times crashing...
DATE: May 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Khalid Wasi
Bermuda’s Constitution is unfinished because it failed to give human rights protection to women and gay people, One Bermuda Alliance senator Andrew Simons said yesterday.
Mr Simons told the Senate that there was a “certain irony” to David Burt’s call...
DATE: May 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
The Centre for Justice is to host a conference to reflect on the history and future of the Constitution.
A spokeswoman for the centre said democracy, fundamental rights and justice will be up for discussion at the event to mark the Constitution’s 50t...
DATE: May 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: News Staff
