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The United Bermuda Party would take a "very serious'' view of Government MPs who did not support the Independence referendum bill, a Cabinet Minister and the party chairman said yesterday.
But neither Health and Social Services Minister the Hon. Quin...
DATE: Mar 04, 1995
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Fear that Independence proponents will "play the race card'' is behind the reluctance of at least one Government MP to support a referendum planned for this summer.
United Bermuda Party backbencher Mr. Trevor Moniz said he is worried that the lead-up...
DATE: Mar 03, 1995
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Bermuda has enough "riches'' to turn five years of near-flat store sales into a booming retail industry, says the woman behind New York's successful South Street Seaport shopping centre.
"There is a very strong market here,'' Ms Diane Melish, princip...
DATE: Mar 02, 1995
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it may threaten the Island's stability, have been reported in the Financial Times.
An article in its Friday edition said: "Bankers fear the debate, which could lead to a referendum on Independence from Britain, may polarise party politics on the Isla...
DATE: Feb 28, 1995
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"pack of lies'' to Britain's prestigious newspaper The Sunday Times.
Lord Waddington lashed out after The Sunday Times carried an article on the political firestorm over his salary.
But his anger was directed at The Royal Gazette for giving the story...
DATE: Feb 27, 1995
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The House of Assembly dissolved into uproar yesterday as the Opposition proposed that Governor Lord Waddington's salary be slashed to $1 a year.
The motion from the Progressive Labour Party's Mr. Stanley Morton was finally ruled out of order, but onl...
DATE: Feb 25, 1995
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Independence for Bermuda, it causes a cheer in the Cayman Islands. As a result, a reader has sent us a 1994 BusinessAge special section on business in the Cayman Islands.
It is amazing how closely Cayman, which was once associated with Jamaica but ch...
DATE: Feb 24, 1995
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paid by vouchers.
Management and Technology Minister the Hon. Grant Gibbons made the announcement on Wednesday as the House of Assembly debated the Budget.
Defending the $5 hike in the departure tax to $20, he said there were fears that fears what it...
DATE: Feb 24, 1995
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more social spending and cuts in Customs duties while criticising tax hikes imposed by Finance Minister the Hon. David Saul.
But Shadow Finance Minister Mr. Eugene Cox was short on details about how the Progressive Labour Party would pay for increase...
DATE: Feb 23, 1995
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reply to the Budget yesterday.
And he claimed a Progressive Labour Party Government would probably bankrupt the Island.
Shadow Finance Minister Mr. Cox's response was "weak in content and fact'','' he said.
"It offers no real meaningful solutions, no...
DATE: Feb 23, 1995
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