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The National Liberal Party yesterday unveiled its battle plan for the next General Election.
And party chairman Charles Jeffers said the NLP was committed to a smaller Parliament and the abolition of double seat constituencies.
And he said Cabinet me...
DATE: Jul 22, 1996
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Government rebels this week held a secret meeting with Premier David Saul -- the second in a series aimed at healing massive splits in the ruling United Bermuda Party.
The so-called People's Five spent nearly two hours on Wednesday discussing their d...
DATE: Jul 19, 1996
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
the bad year has been of the United Bermuda Party's own making. The UBP does not seem to understand that it is virtually impossible in a democracy to lead the people in a direction they do not want to go. Of all the world's political parties, the UBP...
DATE: Jul 17, 1996
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Premier David Saul yesterday met rebel backbenchers in a bid to avoid a winter of discontent in the next session of Parliament.
The Premier spent two hours with the so-called People's Five at the United Bermuda Party headquarters in Chancery Lane yes...
DATE: Jul 16, 1996
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bridges. Will it be possible? It will have to be more than possible if the UBP hopes to survive. The background to the splits is complex and painful, stemming basically from the fact that "The Five'' feel cheated. They believe they saved the Country...
DATE: Jul 12, 1996
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Two primary schools will provide a new way of learning for gifted students.
Student Services senior education officer Joeann Smith revealed that Prospect Primary and Gilbert Institute, beginning later this year, will be the first schools to adopt the...
DATE: Jul 11, 1996
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alleged drug offences appeared in Magistrates' Court yesterday.
Jamal Lovell, 21, of Fruitland Lane, Pembroke admitted importing 54 grams of cannabis.
But Lovell denied charges of intending to supply the drug.
"I could smoke that amount by myself in ...
DATE: Jul 11, 1996
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A former Premier has warned the UBP Government risks losing the next election unless it pulls itself together.
Government has been hit by a series of defeats in the House of Assembly as the `People's Five' refused to toe the party line.
Now former Wa...
DATE: Jul 05, 1996
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If religion is the opium of the people then Bermuda has an even bigger drugs problem than anyone realised.
On a tiny island with a population of less than 60,000, there are 32 different faiths listed in the telephone book and more than 100 separate p...
DATE: Dec 29, 1995
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
As 1995 comes to an end, Premier David Saul is promising calm following the Independence storm.
But with a forced Cabinet change and a troublesome back bench behind him, a still-sluggish economy before him, and a tough Budget expected in February, Dr...
DATE: Dec 29, 1995
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