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the future, Shadow Finance Minister Mr. Eugene Cox charged yesterday.
"Mr. Mrs. and Ms Average Bermuda will bear the heaviest tax burdens,'' he told MPs.
"It was not enough that they were the ones who bore the brunt of the recession. Now they are bei...
DATE: Feb 22, 1994
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Bermudian.'' -- Shadow Finance Minister Mr. Eugene Cox .
"At the slightest hint of a diversity of opinion, they degenerate into the politics of recrimination.'' -- Mr. Cox on the UBP's Independence troubles.
"There is no such thing as a free lunch. I...
DATE: Feb 22, 1994
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Independence will harm Bermuda's economy, international business leaders warn in a secret report leaked to The Royal Gazette .
The politically explosive report says of Independence: It will increase Government spending; It will pump up the cost of do...
DATE: Feb 21, 1994
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Independence debate may be causing hesitation on the part of new international companies.
Businessmen have expressed some concern that some companies are seeking to hire temporary help instead of full-time workers while they watch closely the public ...
DATE: Feb 21, 1994
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group looking into Independence.
The National Liberal Party made the claim, adding in its experience Lord Waddington was not impartial.
This did not bode well for the Commission of Inquiry into Independence, the party declared.
In a written statement...
DATE: Feb 21, 1994
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before a referendum is held, says the new UBP chairman.
"I do not think the party will take a position on Independence,'' Mr. Gary Pitman told The Royal Gazette .
"It would be very difficult for the party to take a position on it when you've got oppo...
DATE: Feb 21, 1994
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than planned next Wednesday.
And Progressive Labour Party leader Mr. Frederick Wade is annoyed that the meeting is going ahead.
Mr. Wade said Government had broken an agreement by bringing forward the Senate by a week. He claimed it was the second ti...
DATE: Feb 19, 1994
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referred last night to a caucus committee that deals with discipline.
Government Whip Mr. John Barritt said the United Bermuda Party caucus referred the matter to its procedures committee.
On Tuesday, Mrs. Cartwright DeCouto defied Government's three...
DATE: Feb 18, 1994
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time. It seems to us that Bermudians, even those who support Independence, have been happy for a number of years not to bother their heads too much with Independence. The politicians did not raise it before the last election because it is guaranteed ...
DATE: Feb 18, 1994
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Independence referendum legislation, according to the Senate President.
Although the Upper Chamber adjourned until March 2 when it last met, Senators could be recalled earlier, on February 23, the Hon. Albert Jackson told The Royal Gazette .
"I am no...
DATE: Feb 18, 1994
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