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vote in next month's General Election -- after the Opposition PLP arranged a charter flight to bring the students back home.
But one Progressive Labour Party candidate insisted the flight waas not set up to boost the ranks of Opposition supporters bu...
DATE: Oct 30, 1998
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A group of mystery entrepreneurs plan to convert one of the Island's oldest hotels into an upmarket residential apartment block catering...
DATE: Oct 30, 1998
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Police and prison officers had to restrain a man as he lunged towards a Magistrate in court.
And the hot-headed act cost Daymon Benjamin 14 days in prison for using threatening words and behaviour in court.
Benjamin, 35, from Parson's Road, Pembroke,...
DATE: Oct 29, 1998
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East claim they have had a positive feedback from the community as they go around canvassing in the constituency.
But from the people we spoke to, some appear to be disillusioned with the two main parties and politics in general.
Gas station worker P...
DATE: Oct 29, 1998
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Nightclub boss Tracy Tucker will spend the next two years behind bars after being convicted of smuggling drugs into a Caribbean island.
Tucker, 30, who had been running the Odyssey nightclub on Front Street, was sentenced by a judge at a hearing in S...
DATE: Oct 29, 1998
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With Bermuda Industrial Union president Derrick Burgess crushing all opposition in the Hamilton East by-election just eight months ago the opposition PLP may be forgiven for feeling confident that the residents of the constituency will return its two...
DATE: Oct 29, 1998
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A tourism chief is still optimistic that an African American conference scheduled to take place on the Island next month will be a resounding success.
And Director of Tourism Gary Phillips believes that the Government's $100,000 investment in the Wor...
DATE: Oct 28, 1998
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bring up to 1,500 overseas visitors to the Island.
The Royal Gazette understands that, so far, just 35 visitors have confirmed hotel bookings to attend the controversy-hit World Conference of Mayors, which is due to take place on the Island in less t...
DATE: Oct 27, 1998
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A spate of high profile criminal trials in the past year, growing public concern over the spread of drug abuse and a recent increase the number of muggings and burglaries all mean that crime is set to be a key issue in the forefront of voters minds w...
DATE: Oct 23, 1998
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Crooks had a busy summer this year with the number of criminal acts rising in the third quarter of the year according to the latest statistics.
And muggings and handbag snatches are becoming increasingly popular amongst criminals.
Figures released ye...
DATE: Oct 22, 1998
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