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Sir John made his comment after Opposition Leader Mr. Frederick Wade refused to bring forward his motion in the House of Assembly to kill plans for a Commission of Inquiry on Independence.
Earlier, the Senate had said Mr. Wade's motion should be deal...
DATE: Mar 12, 1994
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Mrs. Ann Cartwright DeCouto said she was "shocked'' to read in Friday's Mid-Ocean News that companies on the Island selling subscriptions to a Canadian-based pornographic movie channel were not deemed to be breaking Bermudian law.
She noted that Exxx...
DATE: Mar 12, 1994
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Sen. Terry Lister , who led for the Opposition in the debate on the $358 million budget, declared its tax increases imposed an unnecessary and unfair burden on the "man in the street.'' Government Senators defended the document as a realistic plan t...
DATE: Mar 12, 1994
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Bermudians were telling him "the ballot makes no sense -- we've got to find a better way to take control,'' Mr. Simmons said.
MPs could read into that whatever they liked, he said.
Human Affairs Minister the Hon. Jerome Dill said Mr. Simmons' comment...
DATE: Mar 12, 1994
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The Hon. Sir John Swan declared that the controversial Speaker's Dinner speech spotlighted challenges facing Bermuda.
It stressed how Bermuda would soon have to cope without the military Bases, including the Royal Navy's HMS Malabar. "The speech was ...
DATE: Mar 11, 1994
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Last night, he and Premier the Hon. Sir John Swan remained at an impasse over Mr. Wade's demand for more Progressive Labour Party representation on committees deciding the future of the US Naval Air Station.
Together with the Senate, Mr. Wade has lin...
DATE: Mar 11, 1994
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made a "blunt'' pro-Independence speech to the Queen.
And they were told many people at the Speaker's Dinner at the Southampton Princess failed to applaud.
The report was filed by British Broadcasting Company journalist Mr. Wesley Kerr, who is coveri...
DATE: Mar 10, 1994
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Independence referendum law can wait.
That was the threat issued in the House of Assembly yesterday by Progressive Labour Party Leader Mr. Frederick Wade.
But Deputy Premier the Hon. Irving Pearman said Government would not respond.
"I see a gun bein...
DATE: Mar 08, 1994
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When she came as a recently crowned young woman in 1953 at the beginning of a world tour, Her Majesty visited an Island vastly different politically and socially from the one she visits today.
In the next two days the Queen and Prince Philip, Duke of...
DATE: Mar 08, 1994
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legislation. An extra sitting of the House of Assembly will be held next Friday, Government whip Mr. John Barritt said last night.
This will give MPs the chance to debate an Opposition motion on a Commission of Inquiry.
And with this debate over, the...
DATE: Mar 04, 1994
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