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Shadow Housing Minister Stanley Morton has given his backing to a possible rent strike by furious Government housing tenants.
Mr. Morton made his remarks at a meeting organised by the Coalition for Affordable Housing and the Tenants of Government Hou...
DATE: Jan 09, 1998
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A senior Government officer has been branded a liar who is "trying to save his own butt'' by the head of Bermuda's Industrial Union.
The allegation came from BIU President Derrick Burgess yesterday in the row over four lobster fishermen who had their...
DATE: Jan 08, 1998
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A group of political activists is calling for a referendum on the status of long-term residents.
And they are organising a petition against proposals to change status rights of non-Bermudians.
The issue was debated by MPs in a Green Paper at the last...
DATE: Jan 07, 1998
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Year Two pupils at Purvis Primary School in Warwick have been looking after a very special guest this week.
The six-year-olds have had the honour of playing hosts to George -- a very special Polar Bear all the way from Canada.
The cuddly teddy has al...
DATE: Jan 07, 1998
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The number of people being abused by their partners shot up by more than 30 percent last year.
And Police are now hoping to set up a special unit to tackle the growing problem of domestic violence.
More than 400 incidents of domestic violence were re...
DATE: Jan 06, 1998
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into the ring in two looming by-elections.
The recent resignations of Health Minister Dr. Clarence Terceira and controversial former Progressive Labour Party MP Trevor Woolridge means voters will have to go to the polls in the Pembroke West and Hamil...
DATE: Jan 05, 1998
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Reports that the Acting Police Commissioner had handed in his resignation have been quashed by the Deputy Governor.
In a VSB newscast last night, Acting Commissioner Jean Jacques Lemay was said to be leaving the Island in March to concentrate on his ...
DATE: Jan 03, 1998
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caught the attackers red handed -- if they had answered his 911 call.
The witness, who does not want to be named, told The Royal Gazette that he heard the attack taking place outside his home off Wellington Street, St.
George's, at 4.30 a.m. on Chris...
DATE: Dec 31, 1997
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A teenager badly beaten in a vicious attack on Saturday believes tension between rival Hamilton and Somerset youths could escalate into gang warfare.
The 19-year-old, who is not being named for security reasons, was attacked with two friends on Court...
DATE: Dec 23, 1997
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Government is ignoring the plight of the homeless, it was charged yesterday.
Fern Wade, of the Hands of Love Ministry, made her attack after the organisation dished out more than 250 Christmas meals to the needy in Hamilton on Saturday afternoon.
The...
DATE: Dec 22, 1997
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