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pay to Government after two amendments were passed in Parliament Wednesday night.
The Exempted Partnerships Amendment and the Overseas Partnerships Amendment were passed in the House of Assembly by Government.
The amendments push up the late fine amo...
DATE: Mar 10, 2000
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Government's debt ceiling was raised to $250 million to cover the costs of large projects, despite objections from the Opposition.
Finance Minister Eugene Cox told the House of Assembly on Wednesday night that raising the ceiling to just ten percent ...
DATE: Mar 10, 2000
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More cases were handled via the Legal Aid scheme last year and improvements in its administration are beginning to see cost savings.
Yesterday saw the tabling in the House of Assembly of the 1999 Legal Aid Committee's annual report.
Committee chairpe...
DATE: Mar 10, 2000
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Government has been urged to clean up coastline affected by potentially dangerous washed-up drugs.
Opposition Health Minister Kim Young called for an immediate beach-combing exercise to remove pills, vials and other items that have been discovered ar...
DATE: Mar 09, 2000
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Women and men may join a march about Hamilton today to show support for eliminating poverty and ending discrimination and violence towards women.
Sponsored by the large white collar union, the Bermuda Public Services Association, it is being held in ...
DATE: Mar 08, 2000
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earned a Pembroke man a $1,600 fine in the Supreme Court.
Albert Howard Place told Puisne Judge Norma Wade-Miller he was recovering from groin surgery and a bad case of the flu last March when Police arrived with a search warrant and found 15 grammes...
DATE: Mar 08, 2000
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The Education Ministry budget will increase by $885,000 to $85.9 million.
And it is the Department of Education that takes the biggest slice of the pie with $68,958,000 going towards the running of the curriculum and schools.
In the coming year, $356...
DATE: Mar 04, 2000
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her husband fly through the air and hit a wall face first.
She was speaking during an inquest into the death of Dave Miller, who died a week after a cycle accident on October 7, 1998.
Magistrate Edward King adjourned the inquest until Monday when he ...
DATE: Mar 03, 2000
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Magistrate post.
And while the post has been offered to him, in the time he is making his decision, he may become the acting Senior Magistrate. In recent months, he has deputised for Senior Magistrate Will Francis, who stepped down yesterday from the...
DATE: Mar 03, 2000
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denied ever making threats against Paula Cox.
And Sharon Lamb said last night she holds no ill will toward Bermudians or to her staff, even though she has now lost her top executive job.
Speaking to The Royal Gazette exclusively, Ms Lamb said she cam...
DATE: Mar 02, 2000
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