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New political Attorney General Lois Browne Evans will be paid a total of $125,000 a year for acting as Government's legal adviser in the House of Assembly.
Mrs. Browne Evans will retain her Minister's salary of around $32,000 with an add-on to take h...
DATE: Apr 03, 1999
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in 1971 when Britain ended the right of free movement to the UK from Dependent Territories. Bermudians without the right of abode in the UK have been humiliated when visiting the mother country by being directed into the special Dependent Territories...
DATE: Mar 31, 1999
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More rights for gays under the terms of the UK's new deal for the colonies were yesterday blasted by a leading churchman.
And AME pastor Rev. Leonard Santucci accused Government of "hypocrisy'' in appearing to accept the UK terms -- even though many ...
DATE: Mar 23, 1999
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Bermudians who opt to take out full British citizenship would be likely to keep their UK passports -- even if the Island eventually opts for Independence.
Deputy Governor Tim Gurney said: "Anyone who held British citizenship up to that date would ret...
DATE: Mar 20, 1999
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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
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BRITAIN AND THE OVERSEAS TERRITORIES -- A MODERN PARTNERSHIP 1.1 Britain's links with the Overseas Territories are long-standing and important. The relationship is rooted in a shared history: but it moves forward, too, in partnership. For Britain, ...
DATE: Mar 19, 1999
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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
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But the established policy of successive British governments has been to give every help and encouragement to those territories which wished to proceed to independence, where it is an option. The issue was most recently reviewed in Bermuda in August ...
DATE: Mar 19, 1999
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rights last night -- but at a price.
In return for "a modernised and strengthened partnership'' and for restoring their rights to citizenship, the overseas territories will be obliged to sign up to international laws and codes of conduct.
They must g...
DATE: Mar 18, 1999
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statement yesterday to the House of Commons on his White Paper on Britain and the Dependent Territories.
Madam Speaker, with permission I will make a statement on the Dependent Territories.
We have completed a major review of the relationship between...
DATE: Mar 18, 1999
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