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platform to back his solo campaign in Pembroke West. And Mr. Perinchief backed the introduction of income tax and the abolition of Bermuda's twin-seat constituencies and Westminster-style "first past the post'' system of picking a Government. Mr. Per...

according to an exclusive poll for The Royal Gazette . The study of 400 people, by Total Marketing and Communications, also showed only one-third support for Independence. It showed 69 percent of residents saw housing costs as "a very serious problem...

his duties. "I want to bring in a personal style -- I'm a relaxed individual,'' Mr. Gurney said. "I like people and I like dealing with them -- I do care about people and I'm very happy to talk to them.'' He admitted: "There is a pomp and circumstan...

Independence campaigner Phil Perinchief has urged the Premier to run a referendum on splitting Bermuda from Britain -- on election day. The lawyer and Independent candidate for Pembroke West said the poll should be held just as the Country was going ...

International business has brought out its big guns in the battle to keep Bermuda off an international hitlist of dodgy offshore financial centres. And firms with close links to the UK financial heartland of London have launched a plan to lobby Briti...

International business leaders claim Bermuda could lose half of its economy if it is placed on a worldwide blacklist of tax havens. Top Ernst and Young accountant Jan Spiering, chairman of the International Business Forum, warned Bermuda could even f...

A bid to push the Independence issue back into the spotlight will kick off tonight. The public forum -- called Independence or British Citizenship -- What's Your Choices? -- comes amid a rewrite of relations between Britain and its colonies. Organise...

Paget West tomorrow. For Ms Joell is likely to be officially adopted as Education Minister Tim Smith's running mate at a meeting of the local United Bermuda Party branch tomorrow night following sitting MP Harry Soares' decision to quit politics. The...

top-level talks in London on plans to set up a hitlist of dodgy offshore financial centres. But PLP deputy leader Eugene Cox refused to slam Britain for slapping a gagging order on the heads of the Overseas Territories, called to the Foreign Office f...

The Opposition has been caught "flat-footed'' by the possibility of the Independence issue going back on the front burner, according to a former Progressive Labour Party Parliamentary candidate. Lawyer Philip Perinchief said: "The PLP have been caugh...