effectively prepare it for the challenges of the future, the Premier said last night in his first speech on the subject outside of the House of Assembly.
And the Hon. Sir John Swan, relishing the fact that the 1995 Independence Referendum Act had bee...
Eva Hodgson claimed at a Lions Club speech yesterday.
Independence, she said, would not end racical tensions in Bermuda.
"Will it bring us together? -- Rubbish,'' she said. "Independence will not change a great deal but it will change people's psycho...
After a marathon Senate debate yesterday, the controversial Independence referendum bill crossed the final legislative hurdle.
It went through unopposed -- even though Opposition senators had earlier argued against it.
Now it is up to Premier the Hon...
Government's Independence referendum plans at a news conference today.
Opposition Leader Mr. Frederick Wade is to set out how he will encourage his supporters to respond to a referendum on Independence expected in July.
The Independence Referendum Ac...
embarrassing to the Country. If we cannot debate Independence in a way which respects people's varying opinions then clearly we are not mature enough to debate Independence at all. If people, pro or con Independence, are going to be denigrated in pub...
Labour Party's official position today on the impending Independence referendum.
Last night, several Opposition MPs who were contacted by The Royal Gazette refused to steal any of the party leader's thunder, declining to comment on the outcome of a M...
and accused Bank of Bermuda chairman Mr. Eldon Trimingham of "having no faith in Bermudians''.
Responding to Mr. Trimingham's comments in yesterday's Royal Gazette , Sir John swept aside the bank chairman's assertion that corruption and gross mismana...
their way and therefore unable to "keep their cool'' but high emotion will not assist the debate. And Bermuda will have a debate, like it or not, simply because the division of opinion is great.
We have seen the Premier threaten the obvious UBP suppo...
capital punishment, says Deputy Premier the Hon. Irving Pearman.
That means Bermudians will never know how feelings on Independence differed from one constituency to another.
Voters would cast their ballots for or against Independence in their own co...
Independence, both pro and con. Some of the comments are emotional, some are scary and some are downright silly but one man seems to us to have made good sense.
Mr. Peter Lloyd has wide experience as a former Deputy Governor of Bermuda and Governor o...
