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August 15 Independence referendum, says a lawyer who has broken ranks with the Opposition party over its boycott call. But the PLP must "rise to the occasion'' and demand "a compromise'' in return for urging its supporters to vote `yes', Mr. Philip P...

forges closer links with Europe, a Cabinet Minister predicted yesterday. Transport Minister the Hon. Maxwell Burgess claimed he has already paid "the ultimate price'' for conflicts between Bermuda and the UK. He blamed the flap over Bermuda's pull-ou...

In the event of Independence, would Bermuda's security forces be able to protect the Country from overseas attacks, riots, or civil unrest and are they even equipped to handle such disturbances? Bermuda Police Commissioner Mr. Colin Coxall seems to ...

The issue of Independence is set to spill over into Labour Day celebrations whether Bermuda opts for Independence or not on August 15. Either way the day will be a weighted one with either a `yes' vote launching Bermuda onto the Independence route or...

Clearly the glory days when visitors would come here, pay almost any price, take what they were given and go home singing Bermuda's praises are over. The recession ended all that by making North Americans very conscious of value for money. But Bermud...

the chairmen of the Island's two largest banks. The Hon. Sir David Gibbons of the Bank of Butterfield and Mr. Eldon Trimingham of the Bank of Bermuda said voters should not be swayed by resignation threats from Premier the Hon. Sir John Swan and memb...

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...