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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...

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...

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 ...

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...

Mr. President. Honourable Members of the Senate. Mr. Speaker. Honourable Members of the House of Assembly. The third Parliamentary Session of this Government begins a new and challenging chapter of Bermuda's history. Since we last assembled in this C...

Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly today, The Royal Gazette has learned. The former Education Minister said last night that a number of his "political friends'' had asked his permission to put his name forward for the post. "I gave it a lot of t...

Independence referendum until December at a meeting with public servants on August 13, an official testified yesterday. Mrs. Valerie Pethen, the assistant director of Government Information Services, said the meeting included herself, Sir John, then ...

became Premier. There is already public talk of "battles'' to be fought in Parliament this session. In our view, the public is weary of political battles and wants some good, solid and sensible government. The fabric of Bermudian society was damaged ...

Former Premier the Hon. Sir John Swan admitted yesterday that he said on referendum morning that Bermuda's vote on Independence might be put off until Christmas. Testifying at the second day of a Commission of Inquiry into the one-day postponement of...

referendum to ensure public safety in the face of Hurricane Felix, Cabinet Secretary Mr. Leopold Mills testified yesterday. The decision was made as the hurricane approached on the afternoon of August 14, despite the fact Attorney General Mr. Elliott...