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speculation she could cross the floor of the House of Assembly today.
VSB news led with the story that Grace Bell could be poised to leave the United Bermuda Party benches and sit with the Progressive Labour Party.
And ZBM news reported that St. Geor...
DATE: May 08, 1998
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Would-be burger baron Maxwell Burgess is back in the United Bermuda Party fold -- even though his Grape Bay Ltd. is currently locked in a legal battle with Government over McDonald's fast food in Bermuda.
But yesterday Mr. Burgess, lifted into the Ho...
DATE: May 08, 1998
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Uniting not just her party but the Country is the self-appointed task facing Premier Pamela Gordon a year into her Premiership.
Ms Gordon celebrated her first anniversary in the Island's top political job at the weekend.
But it's strictly business as...
DATE: Mar 30, 1998
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A United Bermuda Party approved candidate yesterday called for the old wing of the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital to be turned into sheltered housing for senior citizens.
Charles Hollis said: "Space now used for Government offices could easily be ...
DATE: Mar 17, 1998
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-- that the colonies are indeed revolting.
For -- despite a UK rearguard action to present the ground-breaking UK-Caribbean conference in the Bahamas as some sort of international lovefest -- it was clear that the British Government was a little take...
DATE: Feb 18, 1998
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A front-page story in yesterday's paper incorrectly quoted National Liberal Party spokesman Graeme Outerbridge as stating that the party would support the removal of capital punishment on its own "with British arm-twisting''. It should have stated "w...
DATE: Feb 10, 1998
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Premier Pamela Gordon is set to attend a major Caribbean Forum next month chaired by UK Foreign Secretary Robin Cook.
The conference will zoom in on hot topics like money laundering and white collar crime, as well as environmental issues, tourism and...
DATE: Jan 31, 1998
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forge better links with its colonies, it was revealed yesterday.
The UK Labour Government has already unveiled plans for a massive reform of the largely hereditary Upper House.
And PM Tony Blair's administration could use the transformation to create...
DATE: Jan 28, 1998
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dependent territories.
But Premier Pamela Gordon last night stressed the smaller territories in the Caribbean would not become a financial drain on Bermuda.
But she said Bermuda could help the Caribbean countries towards the more advanced financial a...
DATE: Jan 24, 1998
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got off to a flying start, according to top politicians from Bermuda and the Caribbean.
Premier Pamela Gordon said after the start of the first session: "It was an extremely good meeting -- a very good start in dealing with these very complex subject...
DATE: Jan 23, 1998
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