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politics for good, a former Premier said yesterday.
Dr. Saul announced that he would leave the office of Premier next Thursday and resign from his Devonshire South seat at the end of the month. While the news came as a shock to many, for his politica...
DATE: Mar 20, 1997
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in taking over former Premier Sir John Swan's rock-solid United Bermuda Party seat.
And Maritime Museum director Ed Harris -- who lost out to Sir John's running mate Dr. Grant Gibbons in a 1994 by-election primary also indicated he might be prepared ...
DATE: Mar 19, 1997
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Sir John Swan will this week meet with the UBP's Paget East party faithful to discuss his resignation bombshell, it was revealed yesterday.
The move came after Sir John stunned MPs on Friday by announcing his intention to quit his seat over the Easte...
DATE: Mar 18, 1997
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
stunned House of Assembly.
For the man who led the United Bermuda Party Government for more than a decade announced his intention to quit his Paget East seat before the next session of Parliament in May.
Sir John's shock announcement came during the ...
DATE: Mar 15, 1997
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The official auditor of Government finances yesterday called for his independence to be guaranteed.
And Auditor Larry Dennis said the way to underline his autonomy could be to make the service a `quango' -- a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organis...
DATE: Mar 13, 1997
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
week in the wake of security concerns. ---- Page 2 AUDITOR PROPOSES `QUANGO' GVT Auditor proposes `quango' The official auditor of Government finances yesterday called for his independence to be guaranteed. ---- Page 3 MONIZ WANTS DEBATE DELAYED...
DATE: Mar 13, 1997
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The following is the full text of the Reply to the Budget Statement, which was delivered in the House of Assembly yesterday by Shadow Minister of Finance Eugene Cox.
"Nothing is impossible for a government that wants the good of the people'' -- Etien...
DATE: Feb 27, 1997
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Britain will begin a massive year-long clean-up of oil pollution at the former HMS Malabar before summer, it was confirmed yesterday.
Premier David Saul was speaking after he toured caves used as an oil dump by the Royal Navy with UK Foreign Office M...
DATE: Feb 25, 1997
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The British Government has ruled out the appointment of a Bermudian Governor -- at this time.
A Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokesman told The Royal Gazette that such a move would be "inappropriate''.
The restatement of the UK's position follows ...
DATE: Jan 31, 1997
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Independence crusader Walter Brown.
He sought to pierce Mr. Brown's claim there was a precedent to a local person becoming Governor.
Mr. Brown had criticised the appointment of a Briton, Thorold Masefield, as Bermuda's new Governor.
"Under the Bermud...
DATE: Jan 24, 1997
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