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Little more than half the country's eligible voters bothered to walk to the polling stations for yesterday's historic vote on Independence. Last night, Mr. Frederick Wade claimed a victory for the PLP's abstention call and one Cabinet Minister conced...

democracy, a referendum of one person, one vote, yes or no, on a single but very important subject. They have even chosen, if they wished, to stay away from the polls. The important thing is that Bermudians have had their say. Now it is time for heal...

we experienced overnight Monday and yesterday was really not much worse than a long winter gale. Thankfully there have been no injuries to Bermudians and little physical damage to people's homes. The major victim appears to have been the Independence...

Bermuda's long-awaited Independence referendum will take place at 10 a.m. today, Government announced last night. But as Hurricane Felix brushed Bermuda and spun away toward the US, a stronger storm erupted over the postponement of yesterday's vote. ...

Businessman Mr. Martin Smith was there. Mr. Smith, who served in the Royal Air Forces in Burma during the closing days of the war, told The Royal Gazette: "I know the horrors of war first-hand. A vivid picture in my mind is seeing a New Zealand priso...

the issue should not be politicised for party purposes. In a statement the Muslim Community of Cedar Avenue said it supported the democratic process Bermudians were being called upon to take part in. "The majority of us support Independence, totally ...

passed. No-one would ever have thought that Bermuda would have a hurricane and a referendum together. It is important to us all to ride out Felix but it is also important to remember that the major thing on Bermuda's agenda is the referendum. As diff...

held today, weather permitting. But what happens after the referendum? Aside from a tie vote, there are three possible referendum outcomes: A majority of voters could say "no'' to Independence; A majority of voters could say "yes'' to Independence...

said yesterday. Mr. Wade said he thinks today's hurricane will help the Progressive Labour Party's "abstain campaign'', intended to keep voters away from the polls. "I think people who are already disgusted anyway will say this is the final straw,'' ...

Independence must be the beginning of real Parliamentary democracy and electoral reform in Bermuda. A simple "yes'' or "no'' vote on August 15 will lock in the existing Constitutional abuses that the Progressive Labour Party has worked to change sinc...