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Independence forever. Why was this Government so willing to seriously damage its credibility? Why did the Swan Government decide to mislead the people of Bermuda while pretending to be honest brokers on Independence? Ever since Independence popped u...

Bermuda's deputy Police Commissioner designate is an inappropriate choice whose appointment will set back race relations in Bermuda, an Opposition Minister claimed yesterday. Shadow Labour and Home Affairs Minister Mr. Alex Scott's charge came one da...

Parliament was tabled in the House of Assembly yesterday. The Independence Referendum Act 1995, the third independence referendum bill MPs have seen in the last year, was tabled by Deputy Premier the Hon. Irving Pearman. It is scheduled to be debated...

discussion of the issues involved in Independence. The Green Paper was promoted as an objective discussion paper and turned out to be a promotion for Independence. That is a great shame because the Green Paper now has to be criticised for lack of obj...

Opposition Leader Mr. Frederick Wade met for half an hour yesterday with the British Cabinet Minister responsible for Bermuda, presenting him with a Bermuda petition opposing the overseas hiring of the Island's two top Police officers. Government's n...

A major tax grab is expected on Wednesday as Government grapples with $15 million to $20 million in new Airport costs. Finance Minister the Hon. David Saul has kept his seventh Budget under thick wraps. But he warned in November that with Bermuda fac...

Hon. Sir John Swan said yesterday. But the Government discussion paper tabled in the House of Assembly on Friday came under fresh attack yesterday from inside and outside the United Bermuda Party. The Premier was responding to charges from Independen...

House of Assembly yesterday was attacked as "clearly biased'' in favour of Independence by opponents and proponents alike. But Deputy Premier the Hon. Irving Pearman, who chaired the Cabinet committee that prepared the Green Paper, denied the charge....

yesterday, saying they had "no input'' into the document that was laid before them in the House of Assembly on Friday morning. And the leader of a committee that is campaigning for an Independent Bermuda said the paper's bias in favour of cutting tie...

Independence would cost Bermuda between $800,000 and $2.3 million a year, according to a Government discussion paper on Independence tabled yesterday. That compares to costs of between $1.2 million and $1.9 million outlined in the 1977 discussion pap...