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Government has turned down a request by the United Nations Decolonisation Committee to visit Bermuda, saying the visit would be inappropriate as Bermuda enters a debate on Independence.
The UN committee made the request to the Cabinet Office at the s...
DATE: Oct 08, 2004
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Premier Alex Scott agreed yesterday that the mechanism for deciding on Independence is best decided in Bermuda, not Whitehall.
A visiting delegation from the UK branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association made the call this week saying it wo...
DATE: Oct 01, 2004
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A visiting UK Commonwealth and Parliamentary delegation leave Bermuda this weekend "deeply impressed" with what they have observed.
But they are recommending that Bermuda makes arrangements for better representation in the United Kingdom.
"Many of th...
DATE: Sep 30, 2004
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The United Bermuda Party is sticking to its position that Independence should be decided by way of a referendum and not a General Election.
Opposition Leader Grant Gibbons yesterday urged Premier Alex Scott to spend more time at home addressing the I...
DATE: Sep 29, 2004
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Britain has admitted to having no clear policy on whether its colonies should choose Independence through elections or a referendum, but has promised to come to a determination by Christmas, said Premier Alex Scott yesterday.
Mr. Scott, clarifying a...
DATE: Sep 27, 2004
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Bermudians should seize the moment and take responsibility for their own destiny, American civil rights activist Al Sharpton told an audience of hundreds last night.
And he offered some food for thought for the ruling party and the Bermuda Industrial...
DATE: Sep 04, 2004
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In his first full Press conference since the termination of Pro-Active Management System's contract to build the new senior secondary school at Berkeley, Premier Alex Scott insisted that the decision was a sound one and the new school would be finish...
DATE: Sep 02, 2004
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The Independence train may yet begin to pick up some steam following reports that the Progressive Labour Party has fully deliberated the matter and come to a position.
Former party chairman Neville Tyrell confirmed this week that he had completed ext...
DATE: Aug 14, 2004
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The Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT) hopes to conduct its own exit interviews in a bid to determine why so many teachers are leaving CedarBridge Academy.
BUT general secretary Mike Charles told The Royal Gazette this week that the situation at CedarBr...
DATE: Aug 14, 2004
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Bermuda faces more conflict next time constitutional amendments are made after the parties failed to agree on a new formula.
Ructions caused during the last amendment bringing in single seats in February, 2003, prompted Britain to set up talks on new...
DATE: Aug 13, 2004
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