needs is a sound Government plan to beat recession.
That was the message yesterday from Shadow Finance Minister Mr. Eugene Cox.
Mr. Cox welcomed Monday's announcement from the Bank of Bermuda that rates would drop half a percent in December.
"We are ...
because of the party's attachment to the unions, the National Liberal Party charged yesterday.
Close ties between the unions and the PLP have tainted its ability to be reasonable and objective, the Island's third party claimed.
"Can you imagine the o...
Progressive Labour Party.
Opposition Leader Mr. Frederick Wade said in an interview conducted yesterday and excerpted here that he was sure the Island was now "psychologically'' ready for a PLP Government.
And the 53-year-old veteran politician decla...
delegates conference would have held up the party's election drive.
The conference has been adjourned by a unanimous vote of the delegates to a date to be fixed by the PLP's central committee.
"It was felt since an election is pending, and we are on ...
half-percent interest rate cut.
Bank of Bermuda president Mr. Donald Lines announced the cut on Monday, bringing the mortgate rate down from nine percent to 8.5 percent from December 1.
Mr. Michael Collier, chief general manager of the Bank of Butter...
in public schools.
Head of Bermuda's ParentTeacher Association, Mrs. Marion Askia, yesterday said the issue was discussed at the group's monthly meeting last month and the "general consensus was that there was no general consensus''.
Of the few who t...
visiting, countries we came from -- and about the Commonwealth itself. Just talking amongst ourselves, not necessarily about journalism, was a great experience,'' reports Bermudian journalist Miss Carol Parker.
Selected from a field of 200 applicants...
Bermuda, has announced a record payout of $2,252 per scholarship, compared with $2,000 last year.
Mr. Winston J. R. Jones, Canadian-based Heritage International's enrolment director in Bermuda, said: "This new milestone is particularly good news for ...
Progressive Labour Party.
Shadow Works and Engineering Minister Mr. Walter Roberts was yesterday worried a plan to cut garbage collection to once a week on November 16 would have serious repercussions, including road-side garbage pile-ups.
It might a...
the Progressive Labour Party's charge in Pembroke West Central.
He will link up with another newcomer -- accountant Ms Neletha (Honey) Butterfield. She had long been expected to face her political baptism in the key constituency.
Topping their campai...
