2853 results returned for search: "independence AND " category "News"
What started as a small group of friends deciding to take part in the Bermuda Day Marathon Derby raising $1,000 each to help the children at Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy ended up as the biggest ?team? to take part in the 96-year old race and colle...
DATE: Aug 24, 2006
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All members of the roundtable at the second Sustainable Development forum agreed that it is imperative the civil service embrace the plan in order for it to work.
The meeting was held last week in a packed Bermuda Industrial Union hall where panellis...
DATE: Aug 14, 2006
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Opposition Leader Wayne Furbert has criticised the Premier for making remarks about slavery during a radio interview on independence.
Mr. Furbert claimed the Premier made the comments on Friday on VSB Radio in response to a press conference he had he...
DATE: Aug 14, 2006
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PLP campaign leader Senator Walter Roban has added his voice to that of the Premier in rejecting calls by Opposition Leader Wayne Furbert for an immediate referendum on Independence.
As The Royal Gazette reported yesterday, Mr. Furbert revealed that ...
DATE: Aug 12, 2006
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Opposition Leader Wayne Furbert yesterday called on Government to hold an immediate referendum on Independence ? and revealed that if one was held he would vote against Bermuda going it alone.
Mr. Furbert called a press conference at United Bermuda P...
DATE: Aug 11, 2006
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Sam Strangeways
The need for transparency and accountability in Government, improving the civil service and increasing Bermuda?s profile on the world stage are among the topics to be discussed at a public meeting on sustainable development tonight.
The Government?s ...
DATE: Aug 08, 2006
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Reviewing past reports about Bermuda?s social situation leaves the reader both impressed with the insights of the authors and depressed that many of the same problems and the solutions proposed are so constant.
If some new problems have arisen, notab...
DATE: Aug 08, 2006
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The Progressive Labour Party has no intention of putting Independence ?on the back-burner? despite that being one interpretation of its reaction to a poll indicating 70 percent of the population has no desire to split from the UK.
Taking Bermuda into...
DATE: Aug 07, 2006
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After recent polls reflected that 70 percent of the Island are against Independence the Progressive Labour Party spokesman admitted that Bermudians have not embraced the issue but Government was committed to addressing social issues, which could in t...
DATE: Aug 02, 2006
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Seven out of ten Bermudians oppose breaking ties with England, according to a recent poll.
This is the highest percentage of Bermudians to oppose the idea of Independence since November 2004 when Research Innovations began tracking opinions on the is...
DATE: Jul 31, 2006
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