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meetings is entirely to be welcomed. Premier David Saul has called them "Boston Town Meetings'' and indeed they do fulfill the spirit of the old New England Town meeting where voters of any stripe could have their say and ask their questions. These t...
DATE: Nov 10, 1995
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Government Whip Mr. Richard Spurling expects another "impasse'' today when the House of Assembly meets for a second try at electing a Deputy Speaker.
But there were signs that Opposition MP Mr. Stanley Lowe could emerge the victor in today's voting.
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DATE: Nov 10, 1995
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MPs under fire for failing to back Government's choice By Paul Egan The United Bermuda Party's branch chairman in Pembroke West expressed unhappiness yesterday with the constituency's two MPs, who refused last week to support Government's choice for...
DATE: Nov 10, 1995
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the voters who elected them. Sometimes elected representatives get confused and go off on their own platforms which are opposed to the general view of their constituents. Politicians who tried to lead Bermuda toward Independence are prime examples of...
DATE: Nov 09, 1995
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Whether the Independence referendum would go ahead the next day was discussed at a Cabinet meeting that stretched into the early evening of August 15, a former Cabinet Minister revealed yesterday.
Dr. Clarence Terceira, who was Education Minister at ...
DATE: Nov 08, 1995
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asked to say what was discussed at a Cabinet meeting on August 15 -- the day Bermuda's Independence referendum was supposed to be held.
"My instructions are, sir, that (the Cabinet has) not consented to this disclosure,'' Mr. Elliott Mottley told Mr....
DATE: Nov 07, 1995
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Government backbencher Mr. Trevor Moniz MP said yesterday he will seek a waiver to allow Cabinet Ministers to speak freely about a Cabinet meeting held on the day the Independence Referendum was postponed.
Mr. Moniz's move comes after several witness...
DATE: Nov 06, 1995
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Despite a warning from Premier David Saul yesterday that Cabinet members do not have carte blanche to speak freely, the veil of secrecy surrounding an August 15 Cabinet meeting could be lifted on Monday when Dr. Clarence Terceira MP takes the stand a...
DATE: Nov 04, 1995
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caucus choice for Deputy Speaker was defeated in a secret ballot vote. St.
George's South MP Mrs. Grace Bell lost her bid to become Deputy Speaker when backbenchers who supported Mr. C.V. (Jim) Woolridge for the United Bermuda Party leadership threw ...
DATE: Nov 04, 1995
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A select committee should be named to look into needed changes to Bermuda's Constitution, Opposition Leader Frederick Wade said yesterday.
The committee should look into constitutional issues that arose during the run-up to the recent Independence re...
DATE: Nov 04, 1995
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