Bermuda's long-awaited Independence referendum will take place at 10 a.m.
today, Government announced last night.
But as Hurricane Felix brushed Bermuda and spun away toward the US, a stronger storm erupted over the postponement of yesterday's vote.
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Businessman Mr. Martin Smith was there.
Mr. Smith, who served in the Royal Air Forces in Burma during the closing days of the war, told The Royal Gazette: "I know the horrors of war first-hand. A vivid picture in my mind is seeing a New Zealand priso...
the issue should not be politicised for party purposes.
In a statement the Muslim Community of Cedar Avenue said it supported the democratic process Bermudians were being called upon to take part in.
"The majority of us support Independence, totally ...
passed. No-one would ever have thought that Bermuda would have a hurricane and a referendum together. It is important to us all to ride out Felix but it is also important to remember that the major thing on Bermuda's agenda is the referendum. As diff...
held today, weather permitting.
But what happens after the referendum? Aside from a tie vote, there are three possible referendum outcomes: A majority of voters could say "no'' to Independence; A majority of voters could say "yes'' to Independence...
said yesterday.
Mr. Wade said he thinks today's hurricane will help the Progressive Labour Party's "abstain campaign'', intended to keep voters away from the polls.
"I think people who are already disgusted anyway will say this is the final straw,'' ...
Independence must be the beginning of real Parliamentary democracy and electoral reform in Bermuda. A simple "yes'' or "no'' vote on August 15 will lock in the existing Constitutional abuses that the Progressive Labour Party has worked to change sinc...
Independence Cabinet Committee, Premier Sir John Swan joined Committee members and fielded questions on Independence from the audience last week.
Committee Chairman the Hon. Irving Pearman invited the Premier to respond to questions raised by the Gre...
I think I have made my position on how to vote very clear.
The process by which one nation administers another as a colony was meant to allow for a period during which a country whose people were backward in the art of governing themselves took lesso...
DATE: Aug 14, 1995 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sir John Swan
Hurricane Felix hitting the Island a few hours before polling stations open, the Premier said yesterday.
But it is possible voting could be stopped and polling stations closed if conditions get too bad.
Premier the Hon. Sir John Swan issued a stateme...
