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Shadow Home Affairs Minister Michael Dunkley has said Government was "procrastinating'' on making a decision on long-term residents.
Mr. Dunkley admitted making policy on the issue would be a difficult one as not everyone would be satisfied.
"At the ...
DATE: Aug 23, 2000
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West Indian, Barbadian, and Jamaican Associations have formed an umbrella organisation tasked with presenting a united front.
While the three groups will still be separate entities, they have appointed a spokesman for the Council for Caribbean Unity ...
DATE: Aug 23, 2000
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Overcharged batteries are to blame for the release of toxic fumes in the Bank of Bermuda's Compass Point building.
Fourteen firefighters in three appliances went to the entrance of the underground parking lot on Gorham Road shortly after 12.20 p.m. y...
DATE: Aug 22, 2000
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Bermudian status will not be granted wholesale to long-term residents -- but security may be given to people with close ties to the Island.
The news came as Government presented to MPs a report on long-term residents.
A special category of nearly 300...
DATE: Aug 19, 2000
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In discussing the status of long-term residents Bermudians will have to consider several options -- including doing nothing.
But a relaxation of the Status law for people who arrived in Bermuda before August 1, 1989 appears not to be an option for th...
DATE: Aug 19, 2000
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third trip around the world.
Kate Huntington, who graduated from Mount St. Agnes in 1990, was killed north of New Delhi on Tuesday.
Last night the 29-year-old's stunned parents -- who live in Pembroke -- paid tribute to their daughter.
Mr. Terry Hunt...
DATE: Aug 18, 2000
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a Pembroke man walked from the Supreme Court a free man yesterday.
But in his wake was his accuser who sat in the gallery sobbing as the nine men and three women in the jury filed past.
The jury took just under an hour to decide a unanimous verdict i...
DATE: Aug 17, 2000
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An Opposition MP has called on Government to explain why a slave era ruin was demolished in a public park, saying the Island must protect its heritage.
Trevor Moniz made the claim yesterday in the wake of reports that Hill House was torn down this sp...
DATE: Aug 17, 2000
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A Pembroke man will learn his fate today after a jury deliberates his guilt in a serious sexual assault trial.
The 25-year-old took the stand yesterday and told the jury the woman rode with him at 5.30 a.m. to his friend's Parson's Road apartment aft...
DATE: Aug 16, 2000
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Party promoter Tony Brannon has again claimed businessman David Lines is out to "shut down'' the popular revelry at Hawkins Island.
In an e-mail sent to The Royal Gazette Mr. Brannon called Mr. Lines "spiteful, inconsiderate, selfish'' and said he wa...
DATE: Aug 16, 2000
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