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Hon. Sir John Swan took the Island to Independence.
The allegation was made by Opposition leader Mr. Frederick Wade as MPs yesterday discussed Government's Independence position papers.
Mr. Wade said the current "unfair'' electoral system would be fi...
DATE: Jun 03, 1995
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And Deputy Premier the Hon. Irving Pearman is expected to announce two advance polling dates for the August 15 Independence referendum.
In a session that is notable for the lack of legislation before Parliament, the only item set to be debated today ...
DATE: Jun 02, 1995
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Only a tiny minority of United Bermuda Party MPs say they plan to vote "yes'' in the August 15 referendum on Independence.
A survey by The Royal Gazette of 21 Government MPs by also shows that if the referendum results in a "no'' vote, as expected, t...
DATE: Jun 01, 1995
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The 1990 capital punishment referendum can be used to help gauge the success or failure of the Opposition's Independence referendum boycott campaign, a Progressive Labour Party spokesman said this week.
"The campaign will certainly be very definitely...
DATE: Jun 01, 1995
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one thing on which the great majority of Bermudians agree, what is happening in education is little short of "crazy''. As nearly as we can tell, Government is simply going ahead building the mega school at Prospect and ignoring the wishes of the majo...
DATE: Jun 01, 1995
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Independence. Government is now planning such things as debates, TV programmes and essay competitions, to "inform'' the public on Independence and the public has indicated in polls that it wants more information. We are promised that the information ...
DATE: May 30, 1995
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voter registration drive winds up on Wednesday.
And on based on current figures, 1995 is expected to eclipse the record set last year when 34,637 persons were registered.
Mrs. Marlene Christopher, Parliamentary Registrar, said she was extremely pleas...
DATE: May 30, 1995
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editor Mr. David White for his assertion that the party was "soft on drugs.'' During the Motion to Adjourn in the House of Assembly on Friday Shadow Human Affairs and Information Minister Ms Renee Webb asked why there was this "continual barrage'' o...
DATE: May 29, 1995
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Bermuda Day was condemned in the House of Assembly.
Shadow Tourism Minister Mr. David Allen said Sir John's remarks were out of keeping with the spirit of the day.
Mr. Allen touched on Sir John's claim that anti-Independence Bermudians were "quietly ...
DATE: May 29, 1995
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The chairmen of Bermuda's two largest banks are cooling their Independence rhetoric.
After warning of potentially dire consequences for the Island's economy if an early referendum date was not set, Bank of Butterfield chairman the Hon. Sir David Gibb...
DATE: May 27, 1995
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