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The launch of a new emergency response system could spark off a fresh rift within the Government.
For the new system, which uses trained fire and Police personnel to provide medical attention in emergency situations, has been both praised and condemn...
DATE: Feb 11, 1999
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strike -- unless numerous industrial disputes are resolved forthwith.
At a staff meeting yesterday, nurses voted overwhelmingly to serve hospital management with a final ultimatum -- either sort out their grievances or they will take strike action.
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DATE: Feb 11, 1999
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another year.
And while the re-appointment has been welcomed by some sections of the legal profession, it has also sparked off fresh calls for judicial posts to be paid higher salaries in a bid to attract more applicants.
Last night Mr. Francis, 67, ...
DATE: Feb 09, 1999
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A newly appointed hospital boss has pledged that he will strive to resolve a long standing nurses dispute as soon as possible.
Raymonde Dill, new chairman of the Bermuda Hospitals Board, in a statement to The Royal Gazette , explained that the row ov...
DATE: Feb 09, 1999
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injection of cash in a bid to improve the service.
And Health Minister Nelson Bascome is also considering setting up a training centre in a bid to boost the number of qualified drugs counsellors practising in Bermuda.
Mr. Bascome revealed that variou...
DATE: Feb 08, 1999
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wave of protest and anger from the convicted man's family.
And the case could soon go before the Court of Appeal after Lightbourne's sister accused the Bermuda Police Service of corruption.
Describing the Police as "disgusting, filthy and corrupt'', ...
DATE: Feb 05, 1999
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guilty of armed robbery.
After nearly two weeks of evidence a jury of ten women and two men took just two hours to reach unanimous verdicts on all five counts that the 32-year-old Devon Spring Road man had been charged with.
Lightbourne was given con...
DATE: Feb 05, 1999
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The jury in the trial of a Devonshire man accused of holding up a bank and pistol whipping a security guard is expected to return its verdict later today.
After seven days of evidence into the robbery, which took place at the Somerset branch of the B...
DATE: Feb 04, 1999
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Opposition UBP chiefs may introduce major new policy changes in a bid to win back power.
Party members met at the weekend to discuss why the former Government performed so badly at the last election -- and what can be done to make the UBP electable a...
DATE: Feb 01, 1999
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Two of the three bank security guards beaten during an armed robbery have recounted their terrifying ordeal at the hands of a masked gunman.
Randolph Spencer and his partner John Gilbert were giving evidence yesterday on the third day of the trial of...
DATE: Jan 28, 1999
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