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Metropolitan status for Bermuda is a complete `red herring'', Finance Minister the Hon. David Saul told the House of Assembly on Friday.
The British Government had stated on at least three occasions that they were not going to make any commitment to ...
DATE: Mar 20, 1995
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And, some churlish folk might say, the challenge proved just as difficult as the other three -- reading, writing and arithmetic.
The gauntlet was thrown down by House Speaker the Hon. Ernest DeCouto at the outset of yesterday's debate on Government's...
DATE: Mar 18, 1995
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Health and Social Services Minister the Hon. Quinton Edness left no doubt how he will vote in a referendum planned for this summer, as an Independence debate began yesterday in the House of Assembly.
Mr. Edness said there would be no stopping the pro...
DATE: Mar 18, 1995
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Independence. "The basic principle must be that the Premier or the Prime Minister must have a say in choosing his Commissioner of Police, his Colonel of the Army, and the Chief Justice''. -- Opposition Leader Mr. Frederick Wade on the role of a Bermu...
DATE: Mar 18, 1995
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Government MPs will resign their seats and force an election if the entire caucus does not support the Independence referendum bill next Friday.
The UBP Parliamentary caucus was given that message at a meeting on Thursday, sources told The Royal Gaze...
DATE: Mar 18, 1995
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Mr. Frederick Wade set out his party's position on a wide range of Independence issues yesterday as debate began on the Green Paper.
Deputy Premier the Hon. Irving Pearman , who opened the "take note'' debate on the discussion paper, had "nothing to ...
DATE: Mar 18, 1995
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racism or that those discussing the problem are racist. Race is a highly emotional scare word which works effectively to end discussion.
There was a time when it was thought unwise to discuss religion or politics in polite company. Today race is a su...
DATE: Mar 17, 1995
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week, with extra House of Assembly sittings on both Monday and Wednesday, Deputy Premier the Hon. Irving Pearman said yesterday.
Mr. Pearman, who chaired the Cabinet committee that prepared the discussion paper, is to open the Independence debate thi...
DATE: Mar 17, 1995
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controversy.
A British Broadcasting Corporation TV crew is in Bermuda interviewing key players in the issue.
Deputy Premier the Hon. Irving Pearman has already been interviewed. And it is Opposition Leader Mr. Frederick Wade's turn today.
BBC foreign...
DATE: Mar 15, 1995
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The decision on Bermuda's Independence referendum could come down to a single vote -- that of Speaker of the House the Hon. Ernest DeCouto.
United Bermuda Party insiders believe the Government is assured of 18 votes on the Independence Referendum Act...
DATE: Mar 14, 1995
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