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The Project Ride programme could soon be made part of the school curriculum in a bid to get more youngsters to learn about road safety.
The plan was announced by Road Safety Council chairwoman Delcina Bean-Burrows following a story in Wednesday's Roy...
DATE: Mar 12, 1999
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The Island could face a water shortage crisis unless people stop being so wasteful a Government Minister has warned.
And Works and Engineering Minister Alex Scott said that plans were in the pipeline to install a reverse osmosis plant in case the Isl...
DATE: Mar 09, 1999
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The appointment of a Bermudian Police Commissioner has moved closer to reality after three local officers were promoted to the top of the service.
But the event threatened a political row between the Public Safety Minister and her UBP Shadow over who...
DATE: Mar 05, 1999
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There was an air of cordiality in the House yesterday afternoon as MPs sat to discuss the Transport Ministry's Budget allocation.
Transport Minister Ewart Brown kicked off the session by explaining that, with a sizable portion of the Budget pie being...
DATE: Mar 04, 1999
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The Bermuda National Trust has purchased a huge slice of Smith's Island in St.
George's in an effort to preserve its unique natural environment.
The purchase of the 23-acre site, taking up the western third of the Island, has cost $850,000 with a lar...
DATE: Mar 02, 1999
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An American drugs mule who arrived on the Island with eight pounds of cannabis in his suitcase has been jailed for seven years.
Ronald Henry Romanowicz, 31, from Virginia, was stopped by Customs officials at Bermuda International Airport on November ...
DATE: Mar 01, 1999
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-- despite a long series of negotiations between the two warring parties.
And although some workers did show up for duty, shipping owners are becoming increasingly concerned that the wildcat action could cost their companies thousands of dollars.
Sta...
DATE: Feb 24, 1999
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The eight former nurses at the heart of possible strike action at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital claim that patient care is being jeopardised since the implementation of a new management programme.
In a leaflet distributed to hospital staff th...
DATE: Feb 19, 1999
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Union officials are set to hold emergency talks with hospital chiefs today in a bid to avert possible strike action by nursing staff at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
And representatives from both sides are confident that enough progress in r...
DATE: Feb 15, 1999
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officials presented the Bermuda Hospitals Board with a strike notice yesterday.
But the two sides in the dispute at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital have nearly a month to resolve numerous staff concerns before any industrial action begins.
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DATE: Feb 12, 1999
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