his duties.
"I want to bring in a personal style -- I'm a relaxed individual,'' Mr.
Gurney said. "I like people and I like dealing with them -- I do care about people and I'm very happy to talk to them.'' He admitted: "There is a pomp and circumstan...
DATE: Oct 06, 1998 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Independence campaigner Phil Perinchief has urged the Premier to run a referendum on splitting Bermuda from Britain -- on election day.
The lawyer and Independent candidate for Pembroke West said the poll should be held just as the Country was going ...
International business has brought out its big guns in the battle to keep Bermuda off an international hitlist of dodgy offshore financial centres.
And firms with close links to the UK financial heartland of London have launched a plan to lobby Briti...
DATE: Sep 28, 1998 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
International business leaders claim Bermuda could lose half of its economy if it is placed on a worldwide blacklist of tax havens.
Top Ernst and Young accountant Jan Spiering, chairman of the International Business Forum, warned Bermuda could even f...
A bid to push the Independence issue back into the spotlight will kick off tonight.
The public forum -- called Independence or British Citizenship -- What's Your Choices? -- comes amid a rewrite of relations between Britain and its colonies.
Organise...
DATE: Sep 24, 1998 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Paget West tomorrow.
For Ms Joell is likely to be officially adopted as Education Minister Tim Smith's running mate at a meeting of the local United Bermuda Party branch tomorrow night following sitting MP Harry Soares' decision to quit politics.
The...
DATE: Sep 23, 1998 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
top-level talks in London on plans to set up a hitlist of dodgy offshore financial centres.
But PLP deputy leader Eugene Cox refused to slam Britain for slapping a gagging order on the heads of the Overseas Territories, called to the Foreign Office f...
DATE: Sep 21, 1998 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Commercial Cricket League title on the last weekend.
But their triumph came only after securing a tense, three-wicket victory over Forties in a low-scoring match at National Sports Club that produced just 159 runs in 79.4 overs.
Runners-up Jamaican A...
DATE: Sep 10, 1998 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Ivan Clifford
rivals. But now that advantage could be under threat from a meeting in London.
Ahmed ElAmin reports Bermuda's insurance industry is under threat from moves by onshore countries to wipe out the tax advantages of offshore territories, according to a l...
The Opposition has been caught "flat-footed'' by the possibility of the Independence issue going back on the front burner, according to a former Progressive Labour Party Parliamentary candidate.
Lawyer Philip Perinchief said: "The PLP have been caugh...
DATE: Sep 04, 1998 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
