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a referendum, The Royal Gazette has learned.
United Bermuda Party caucus members remained divided last night on whether Bermuda should seek Independence. But they emerged from a three-hour meeting mainly united on seeking Bermudians' views on the iss...
DATE: Jan 21, 1994
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Swan's Cabinet indicates the dilemma faced by the United Bermuda Party over Independence. Basically, the UBP is split between those members, most of whom appear to be black, who agree with the Premier that Independence is vital to Bermuda's future an...
DATE: Jan 21, 1994
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Cartwright DeCouto, one of its longest serving and toughest Cabinetministers, resigned as Delegated Affairs Minister.
And The Royal Gazette can reveal that her shock departure follows a Cabinet row over Independence.
"Please accept this letter as my ...
DATE: Jan 20, 1994
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Indeed, it is entirely healthy. As we see it, a referendum on Independence is a democratic process which has the advantage of allowing the people to decide their own future. A properly supervised referendum on a major national issue is a very pure fo...
DATE: Jan 19, 1994
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Cabinet yesterday, citing business and family obligations.
The move took Cabinet Ministers by surprise.
It left Premier the Hon. Sir John Swan not only with a vacant Cabinet post, but without a Government Leader in the Senate, where Sen. Winfield had...
DATE: Jan 19, 1994
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be answered before Bermudians can make an informed choice as opposed to an emotional choice.
There are those in favour of Independence who simply see the step as a question of "freedom'' and a kind of overdue coming of age which is not to be compromi...
DATE: Jan 18, 1994
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breaking the glass ceiling, gay rights, reforming education, modernising the workplace, retraining workers.
Has the Government got too much on its plate? No Minister or civil servant admits it openly, but there are concerns Government's agenda is bur...
DATE: Jan 14, 1994
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problems. The high expectation some people have of Independence, and the thinking which promotes Independence as a panacea, may well damage Bermuda severely when expectations are not fulfilled because they are not realistic.
Some Bermudians seem to f...
DATE: Jan 14, 1994
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well have a "new relationship'' with Britain after Hong Kong reverts to China in 1997. This newspaper has been saying the same thing for a number of years now.
Once Hong Kong is gone, the number of residents without the right to repatriation in the r...
DATE: Jan 13, 1994
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has reemerged in the wake of an October election during which it was hardly mentioned. During the campaign, the politicians were unwilling to take chances with their success if they came out of the closet with either income tax or Independence. We fi...
DATE: Jan 12, 1994
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