A "yes'' vote in the Independence referendum would allow Premier the Hon. Sir John Swan to "hijack'' the Island.
The Opposition made that claim yesterday in urging Bermudians to abstain from voting in the Independence referendum.
Firing its first sal...
may be the second best in four years, according to initial estimates by the Ministry of Finance.
And Finance Minister the Hon. David Saul saud on Friday he was confident about the future of Bermuda's international business, but warned that the Island...
DATE: Apr 10, 1995 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: David Fox, Business Editor
on achieving a yes vote in the Independence referendum planned for this summer.
But after the Progressive Labour Party called for a boycott of the referendum on Thursday, committee chairman Mr. Walton Brown said: "We have little hope now that the ref...
Bonwit Linnell is sheets ahead of the rest of us, as our picture shows.
And, you could say, there's no flagging in his efforts.
Linnell caused a fair few upward glances this week when he draped a $200 Bermuda flag outside his home at the corner of Tr...
DATE: Apr 07, 1995 | CATEGORY: Other |
supporters to boycott this summer's Independence referendum.
"Our aim is to kill the referendum,'' Mr. Wade said at a news conference.
Instead, Bermudians "deserve an election where Independence is the only issue.'' But lawyer and 1993 PLP candidate...
office building apparently brought Premier the Hon. Sir John Swan and bank chairman Mr. Eldon Trimingham together yesterday, if only briefly, following a public slanging match over Independence. Rather than cut a ribbon, it was decided to tie one as ...
Premier the Hon. Irving Pearman said yesterday.
Mr. Pearman, who had earlier targeted a July date for the plebiscite, said yesterday that Government was studying "the July/August period.'' "It's under review, obviously,'' and a decision "will probab...
to vote in the referendum on Independence? No matter what the PLP says, this amounts to asking people not to exercise their democratic right. This request hinders the ultimate democratic process, a clear-cut open vote, vote for vote, on a single maj...
in Jamaica "If we vote yes, it is not something we will be able to reverse. And if we vote no, we may have to put the issue on the back burner for a significant period of time.'' -- Sen. Lynda Miligan-Whyte (UBP) "To say that the Government doesn't...
Senate passed the Independence Referendum Act 1995 to provide for the vote.
The bill, which scraped through the House of Assembly last month, passed unanimously, although Opposition MPs had earlier spoken against it.
Kicking off the debate, Governmen...
