asked to say what was discussed at a Cabinet meeting on August 15 -- the day Bermuda's Independence referendum was supposed to be held.
"My instructions are, sir, that (the Cabinet has) not consented to this disclosure,'' Mr. Elliott Mottley told Mr....
Government backbencher Mr. Trevor Moniz MP said yesterday he will seek a waiver to allow Cabinet Ministers to speak freely about a Cabinet meeting held on the day the Independence Referendum was postponed.
Mr. Moniz's move comes after several witness...
Despite a warning from Premier David Saul yesterday that Cabinet members do not have carte blanche to speak freely, the veil of secrecy surrounding an August 15 Cabinet meeting could be lifted on Monday when Dr. Clarence Terceira MP takes the stand a...
caucus choice for Deputy Speaker was defeated in a secret ballot vote. St.
George's South MP Mrs. Grace Bell lost her bid to become Deputy Speaker when backbenchers who supported Mr. C.V. (Jim) Woolridge for the United Bermuda Party leadership threw ...
A select committee should be named to look into needed changes to Bermuda's Constitution, Opposition Leader Frederick Wade said yesterday.
The committee should look into constitutional issues that arose during the run-up to the recent Independence re...
Mr. President. Honourable Members of the Senate.
Mr. Speaker. Honourable Members of the House of Assembly.
The third Parliamentary Session of this Government begins a new and challenging chapter of Bermuda's history.
Since we last assembled in this C...
Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly today, The Royal Gazette has learned.
The former Education Minister said last night that a number of his "political friends'' had asked his permission to put his name forward for the post.
"I gave it a lot of t...
Independence referendum until December at a meeting with public servants on August 13, an official testified yesterday.
Mrs. Valerie Pethen, the assistant director of Government Information Services, said the meeting included herself, Sir John, then ...
became Premier. There is already public talk of "battles'' to be fought in Parliament this session. In our view, the public is weary of political battles and wants some good, solid and sensible government.
The fabric of Bermudian society was damaged ...
Former United Bermuda Party MP Mr. Philip Smith decried the lack of a homegrown Governor yesterday in one of the first public post-mortems on the Island's recent Independence referendum.
During a wide-ranging speech in which he admonished the Police ...
