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Telephone workers could be set to strike in support of a suspended colleague following a bitter row with BTC management yesterday.
Union representatives are meeting this morning to discuss what action should be taken after about 100 Bermuda Telephone...
DATE: Mar 17, 1998
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Government will set aside $1 million to celebrate the Millennium -- but MPs were divided on how the money should be spent when they met on Friday.
The House of Assembly passed the Millennium Fund Act on Friday which created a Millennium Fund and comm...
DATE: Mar 16, 1998
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A Bermuda Regiment soldier has been forced to attend a two week army exercise in Jamaica -- even though a medical expert claims he is unfit to perform regimental duties.
Gilbert Amaral, 20, of St. Michael's Road, Paget, flew out with the Regiment on ...
DATE: Mar 11, 1998
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The Post Office and its 220 employees could face a shake-up in a bid to make the service more efficient.
Last year the Post Office failed to make a profit due to growing costs and a decline in revenue, with more than 90 percent of the service's $9.6 ...
DATE: Mar 10, 1998
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Police are investigating a UFO sighting after dozens of witnesses saw mysterious lights hovering over the Island on Saturday night.
Police and Harbour Radio switchboards were jammed with callers who spotted the strange lights in the night sky between...
DATE: Mar 09, 1998
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A woman who claimed on TV she was going to be evicted from her home has now revealed that she was speaking on behalf of her mother.
Tanya Durham confronted Housing Minister C.V. (Jim) Woolridge at a protest for affordable housing ten days ago.
She cl...
DATE: Mar 09, 1998
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Parking offenders who have not paid their fines may still get off scot-free -- despite Government attempts to close a loophole in the law.
Last night, Transport Minister Wayne Furbert tried to pass a bill through the House of Assembly that would make...
DATE: Mar 07, 1998
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Speculation that nearly 30 jobs could be axed at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital has come under fire.
And health chiefs criticised a story in yesterday's Royal Gazette which revealed the full recommendations of a report on staff restructuring.
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DATE: Mar 04, 1998
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axed, according to a shock report by a Canadian consultant.
And it is feared that fully-trained nurses could be replaced by lesser-qualified nursing assistants in a bid to cut soaring health costs.
Also on the consultant's hit-list are the maternity ...
DATE: Mar 03, 1998
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An elderly Canadian visitor has applauded hotel and hospital staff after they saved her life.
Elra Schoen, 72, was visiting the Island with her husband Tony for the first time when she collapsed at the White Sands Hotel in Paget last week.
Hotel staf...
DATE: Mar 03, 1998
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