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participants in the debate seem to assume that a Bermudian Governor is more desirable. That may not necessarily be true no matter how distinguished the candidates who have been suggested, and they are all distinguished. And as far as the list of cand...
DATE: Jan 24, 1997
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Three former political heavyweights yesterday reacted warmly to the idea of a Bermudian Governor.
But only one -- former Senate President Hugh Richardson -- declared he would accept the position.
"I would do so on a temporary basis,'' he told The Roy...
DATE: Jan 22, 1997
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not be universally popular. Bermuda's government is faced with just that situation with long-term non-Bermudian residents.
This important issue would have been settled by the United Kingdom Government if Bermuda had chosen Independence. As with other...
DATE: Jan 21, 1997
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Progressive Labour Party leader Jennifer Smith has been featured in a Caribbean-wide newspaper.
And the article predicts that the PLP could be in its best position ever to beat the ruling UBP at the next general election.
Ms Smith admits in the artic...
DATE: Jan 21, 1997
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of Mr. Thorold Masefield as Governor.
CIB chairman Walton Brown said yesterday that his organisation was displeased that suitable Bermudians had been overlooked for the post.
The CIB has sent the names of four Bermudians -- Sir John Sharpe, Arnold Fr...
DATE: Jan 20, 1997
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yesterday buried the hatchet with Premier David Saul.
Veteran UBP MP C.V. (Jim) Woolridge said as soon as the controversial McDonald's issue was dead, the rebels were prepared to serve.
He added: "We are literally months away from possible election s...
DATE: Jan 18, 1997
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
three of "The Five'' joining his Cabinet? Probably a great deal of hard work by Dr. Saul, a good deal of compromise on all sides and a UBP decision to get on with what it was elected to do, run the Country.
Politics is a turbulent game and Cabinets w...
DATE: Jan 17, 1997
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personalities, an insider claimed yesterday.
He was speaking after a Cabinet re-shuffle brought three UBP rebels back into the fold -- and returned three Ministers to the back benches.
The insider said: "What worries people are things like housing, l...
DATE: Jan 17, 1997
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
lukewarm response from the Portuguese Bermudian community yesterday.
Anna Faria, chairman of the Portuguese Bermudian Organisation, questioned Premier David Saul's sincerity when he said at a town hall meeting on Wednesday night that Government will ...
DATE: Jan 17, 1997
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come under the microscope after next month's Budget. Dr. Saul was speaking on the day he brought a trio of faces from the ranks of the so-called People's Five back into the fold in a bid to put the "united'' back into the UBP. As predicted, C.V. (Jim...
DATE: Jan 16, 1997
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