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Independence crusader Walter Brown. He sought to pierce Mr. Brown's claim there was a precedent to a local person becoming Governor. Mr. Brown had criticised the appointment of a Briton, Thorold Masefield, as Bermuda's new Governor. "Under the Bermud...

participants in the debate seem to assume that a Bermudian Governor is more desirable. That may not necessarily be true no matter how distinguished the candidates who have been suggested, and they are all distinguished. And as far as the list of cand...

Three former political heavyweights yesterday reacted warmly to the idea of a Bermudian Governor. But only one -- former Senate President Hugh Richardson -- declared he would accept the position. "I would do so on a temporary basis,'' he told The Roy...

not be universally popular. Bermuda's government is faced with just that situation with long-term non-Bermudian residents. This important issue would have been settled by the United Kingdom Government if Bermuda had chosen Independence. As with other...

Progressive Labour Party leader Jennifer Smith has been featured in a Caribbean-wide newspaper. And the article predicts that the PLP could be in its best position ever to beat the ruling UBP at the next general election. Ms Smith admits in the artic...

of Mr. Thorold Masefield as Governor. CIB chairman Walton Brown said yesterday that his organisation was displeased that suitable Bermudians had been overlooked for the post. The CIB has sent the names of four Bermudians -- Sir John Sharpe, Arnold Fr...

yesterday buried the hatchet with Premier David Saul. Veteran UBP MP C.V. (Jim) Woolridge said as soon as the controversial McDonald's issue was dead, the rebels were prepared to serve. He added: "We are literally months away from possible election s...

three of "The Five'' joining his Cabinet? Probably a great deal of hard work by Dr. Saul, a good deal of compromise on all sides and a UBP decision to get on with what it was elected to do, run the Country. Politics is a turbulent game and Cabinets w...

after sales activity jumped significantly in recent months. But there are indications, too, that rents are being inflated to an uncomfortable level. Sue Plathe of Joy Lusher Real Estate, said the authorities need to bring the issue of affordable hous...

personalities, an insider claimed yesterday. He was speaking after a Cabinet re-shuffle brought three UBP rebels back into the fold -- and returned three Ministers to the back benches. The insider said: "What worries people are things like housing, l...