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to wind up the affairs of the Bermuda Workers Co-operative Society (BWCS), known as the Island Co-Op or the Co-Op Supemarket.
It is the beginning of the last chapter of a near 30-year-old experiment born out of a desire after the turbulent 1960s, to ...
DATE: Dec 31, 1997
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Finance Minister Grant Gibbons said yesterday that the wheels of Government were turning faster than ever in a bid to deal with an increasingly voluminous and complex legislative agenda.
Commenting on BIBA (Bermuda International Business Association)...
DATE: Dec 18, 1997
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yesterday went on display at the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA), in a week-long exhibit opened by Premier Pamela Gordon.
The Bermuda Hogge money coins, six of which were purchased by the Authority and 19 of which are on loan from the Department of ...
DATE: Dec 09, 1997
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city law firms, face varying arrangements with respect to compensation and their "lame duck'' period of employment.
News of the redundancies brought Government's Labour Relations Officer to the law firms for discussions.
That was confirmed by Hallett...
DATE: Dec 08, 1997
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Legal sources say that a long-rumoured merger between two Bermuda law firms has now been agreed to, marking the latest movement in an increasingly fluid legal market.
Informed sources said Hallett, Whitney & Patton and near-by neighbour Cox & Wilkins...
DATE: Dec 04, 1997
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distribution of so-called "Bingo'' cards -- also known as pull-tab or krack-its cards -- which operate on a similar basis to scratch-and-win cards.
While the Finance Ministry sought the legal advice of the Attorney General in recent weeks, the Bermud...
DATE: Nov 17, 1997
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fail to pay their employees' pension contributions should face criminal prosecution.
Mr. Dennis has advocated aggressive collection from employers who fail to make the required payments to the Contributory Pension Fund. But he advised that delinquent...
DATE: Nov 13, 1997
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A Financial Times survey of Bermuda, published last week, focuses world attention on a number of local issues, including declining tourism, the base lands, the McDonald's fast food controversy and the messy legal dispute over the insolvent Bermuda-do...
DATE: Nov 10, 1997
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are being sold over the counter, or through special machines, on licensed premises across the Island.
One East End pub owner has confirmed that Police officials recently visited his place of business and told him they were not legal and asked him to ...
DATE: Nov 07, 1997
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dealers in their pockets by seizing profits they have made from selling narcotics over the previous five years.
The Proceeds of Crime Bill will also enable Government to prevent money laundering and replaces a 1988 law that proved to be ineffective.
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DATE: Nov 07, 1997
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