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“The truths of the Declaration of Independence are not limited by time or place,” John Quincy Adams wrote in 1839. “They belong to the nature of man in every age and every clime. They may be subdued, but they can never be suppressed. They are truths ...

America will celebrate its 400-year anniversary of colonisation through Virginia. The executive branch has mobilised a committee to recognise African inclusion, and Bermuda is integral to its existence. We often hear of Plymouth Rock and the pilgrims...

Dear Sir, I write in response to a recently published letter written by Raymond Russell which was titled “The possibilities if we go it alone”. I have known Mr Russell for many years and have had many conversations about Bermuda with him. I have alwa...

Dear Sir, I would like to bring back to the attention of the public an issue I had written to you about some time ago. The more I sit and observe our citizenship and status situation as a somewhat semi-stateless people, I ask myself this question: ar...

Dear Sir, As an independent country, we will be able to collect all monies from all the airlines that fly through our airspace. What do I mean by our airspace? All that open space that covers the island’s landmass, and its 300 miles out to the bounda...

Dear Sir, I will be 70 years of age on my next birthday and I would like to think that I have lived long enough to acquire enough knowledge and understanding of the facts and the realities of the life into which I was born. My grandmother had always...

Dear Sir, This is being sent also to the Right Honourable David Lidington and the Governor of Bermuda, John Rankin: To those who read this newspaper online, David Lidington has been appointed by the British Prime Minister as Minister for the Cabinet ...

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...

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...

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...

On December 4 last year, I wrote an opinion that was headlined “A campaign of independence by stealth”, in which I reminded the public about a number of utterances by high-ranking Progressive Labour Party members since the July 2017 election making t...

Dear Sir, I read with interest in The Royal Gazette, the recent comments of our premier, David Burt, who, in the House of Assembly said that the Progressive Labour Party’s constitution committed the party “to serve as a vehicle in moving Bermuda to i...