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than a person's vote. Yet that vote is of no value unless it is used. Voting is the way you get what you want in a democracy rather than what someone else wants. If you do not vote, then you really have no say in what happens to you or your country. ...

is increasingly being spoken about in terms of race. But educator and author Dr. Eva Hodgson said Government Cabinet Ministers have done an about-face on racism. And she said the change in attitude is suspect. "People have to vote the way they feel,'...

Government has consulted with the Attorney General about the possible need to delay Tuesday's Independence referendum, should the Island be hit by Hurricane Felix, the Premier said yesterday. "If you were being hit on Tuesday by a hurricane, you coul...

last night, promising to build more recreational facilities if he remains Premier after Tuesday's referendum. Sir John, who has pledged to resign in the event of a `no' vote, blamed others in his United Bermuda Party Government for a lack of things f...

challenge blacks in preparation for Independence, educator and race activist Dr. Eva Hodgson has charged. Independence advocates in other places "made passionate appeals to their people about the kind of nation they should be building'' prior to beco...

Those people who keep threatening not to serve their voters by resigning from the Cabinet are trying to convince Bermudians that without them the Government cannot go on. They are saying: "Vote our way or you will be punished.'' Governments can and d...

The leader of the Opposition yesterday laid down his Party's policies for Independence but again stressed Bermuda should not sever links with Britain before embarking on major electoral reforms. Mr. Frederick Wade launched the PLP's Independence Poli...

politics by polling Bermudians on who should succeed him. But Bank of Bermuda chairman Mr. Eldon Trimingham denied the charge. Bank of Butterfield chairman Sir David Gibbons was off the Island and could not be reached for comment. Sources told The Ro...

totally out of control'', says former Bank of Bermuda president Mr. Donald Lines. And the present "unfortunate'' climate is not one in which to decide the issue, Mr. Lines told The Royal Gazette in his first public comments during the lead-up to Tues...