1857 results returned for search: "" category "News" author Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The first votes in the Paget West by-election will be cast today.
Voters who will be overseas and disabled members of the electorate will take part in an advance poll. And Parliamentary Registrar Marlene Christopher said anyone who will be abroad on ...
DATE: Mar 24, 1999
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Party.
And new chairman Austin Woods, who replaces Ronnie Viera, will be backed by seven new faces.
Mr. Woods, a BTC executive, admitted it was unusual for all the top officials of the party to be replaced at the same time.
But he said the party's lo...
DATE: Mar 24, 1999
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A PLP bid to block Paget West UBP hopeful Patricia Gordon Pamplin from standing in the upcoming by-election was yesterday knocked back by Chief Justice Austin Ward.
And the decision has landed the PLP with a bill which could run into thousands of dol...
DATE: Mar 23, 1999
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
relations with its colonies, Bermuda's smallest political party claimed yesterday.
And National Liberal Party spokesman Graeme Outerbridge warned that the UK offer of full citizenship was "a Trojan horse'' aimed at the Island's booming offshore secto...
DATE: Mar 19, 1999
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
of its relations with its colonies spelled trouble for Bermuda's booming offshore business.
And fellow pro-Independence campaigner Rolfe Commissiong branded the offer as "British citizenship lite -- like Miller Lite.'' Mr. Perinchief said: "The way ...
DATE: Mar 19, 1999
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A legal challenge to United Bermuda Party Paget West candidate Patricia Gordon Pamplin's nomination is set to go before Supreme Court on Monday.
And last night Progressive Labour Party chiefs called on Mrs. Gordon Pamplin to stand down as a by-electi...
DATE: Mar 19, 1999
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
the colonies unveiled by UK Foreign Secretary Robin Cook yesterday.
But Mr. Cook warned that the Island's legal commitment to the death penalty and flogging should go if Bermuda wanted full partnership with the UK.
And he signalled that the Island's ...
DATE: Mar 18, 1999
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A bid by Britain to enforce human rights and tougher financial regulations in its Overseas Territories was yesterday slammed by the UK Opposition.
Conservative Shadow Foreign Secretary Michael Howard said European human rights legislation should not ...
DATE: Mar 18, 1999
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Premier Jennifer Smith yesterday welcomed the UK's commitment to "a new partnership'' with Bermuda and its other Overseas Territories.
And she said: "A preliminary perusal of the White Paper reveals that there is nothing threatening to Bermuda.
"We i...
DATE: Mar 18, 1999
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Territories, Opposition Leader Pamela Gordon said last night.
And she said -- no matter what the British view -- an offer of full citizenship could not be divorced from the UK insistence on tough laws to beat white-collar crime and human rights legis...
DATE: Mar 18, 1999
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor