becoming a backbench MP again and declared: "I've no regrets.'' Sir John added: "It is time we had a new leader, don't you think? I've had a wonderful 13 years as leader.
"I can look back on a very good time, but now I have to get on with my life.
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had their say. It is now the duty of elected representatives, who have not always behaved well in recent months, to honour the clear will of the people.
Supporters of Independence must have been shocked by the heavy vote against Independence. Because...
Premier expected to resign today By Paul Egan Bermudians gave an emphatic "no'' to Independence yesterday.
With all 22,236 ballots counted, 16,369 voters (73.7 percent) had said "no'', while 5,714 (25.6 percent) voters said "yes''. The number of rej...
The supposedly apolitical campaign had split the Government and forced the Opposition to turn its back on a chance to achieve its most cherished hope.
It had placed in clear and present danger the political careers of veterans and young turks alike.
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Independence programming pulled off the air on Tuesday night, but was unable to reach any officials at the Bermuda Broadcasting Company.
"It was very frustrating,'' Mrs. Louise Jackson said yesterday.
Mrs. Jackson said she was at home last night when...
over the future of the UBP.
One senior UBP figure forecast a wave of resignations from the party's caucus once Premier the Hon. Sir John Swan stepped down as leader.
And The Royal Gazette understands Transport Minister the Hon. Maxwell Burgess will b...
Little more than half the country's eligible voters bothered to walk to the polling stations for yesterday's historic vote on Independence.
Last night, Mr. Frederick Wade claimed a victory for the PLP's abstention call and one Cabinet Minister conced...
democracy, a referendum of one person, one vote, yes or no, on a single but very important subject. They have even chosen, if they wished, to stay away from the polls. The important thing is that Bermudians have had their say.
Now it is time for heal...
we experienced overnight Monday and yesterday was really not much worse than a long winter gale. Thankfully there have been no injuries to Bermudians and little physical damage to people's homes. The major victim appears to have been the Independence...
died, but the radio kept going. ..for as long as Felix did.
While everyone else on the Island battened down the hatches and lit up the candles, DeFontes Broadcasting senior reporter Mr. Chris Lodge, deejay Mr. Lee Harvey, and reporter Miss Angie Gons...
