Log In

Hon. Sir John Swan as Premier has already begun. Sir John fired the starting pistol on Monday when he announced he would resign as party leader and Premier unless Bermudians voted `yes' to Independence on August 15. A poll published in The Royal Gaze...

Three Cabinet Ministers have said they will join Premier the Hon. Sir John Swan in resigning if the August 15 Independence referendum results in a `no' vote. They are Deputy Premier the Hon. Irving Pearman, Transport Minister the Hon. Maxwell Burgess...

With the August 15 referendum just two weeks away, The Royal Gazette in the latest in a series of articles on Independence today looks at the contentious issue of costs. Ask Health Minister the Hon. Quinton Edness about the costs of going it alone, a...

politicians who are out of step with the people. Because of that, it would seem clear that both political parties have lost their way. Trying to drag the reluctant people to Independence, just because some politicians want Independence as part of the...

Deputy Premier the Hon. Irving Pearman. The half-page newspaper advertisement, which features two Cabinet Ministers and Government Whip Mr. John Barritt, "raises some serious questions'', Mr. Pearman told The Royal Gazette yesterday. He complained ye...

In what could spark a wave of threatened Cabinet resignations, Premier the Hon. Sir John Swan says he will resign unless Bermudians vote for Independence in the August 15 referendum. Health and Social Services Minister the Hon. Quinton Edness said ye...

conscience. The time has come now to ignore the politicians and to try to ignore all of the misleading information and the political agendas and make a personal decision on how to vote. The answer is to make a choice without reference to all the mult...

Cabinet Secretary Mr. Leo Mills yesterday brushed aside claims that civil servants were saying "Yes, Minister'' too often. The allegation had been made by Opposition Progressive Labour Party Leader Mr. Frederick Wade. But Mr. Mills said the Civil Ser...

With the August 15 Independence referendum approaching, polls indicate that Bermudians will vote "no'' to breaking colonial ties with the United Kingdom. But many views have been advanced in favour of Independence. As part of its continuing series, T...

Please compare with the original on microfilm. When most Bahamians are told that Bermuda is again debating Independence, their most likely response is a chuckle, then the question: What are you waiting for? The Bahamas gained its Independence in 197...