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Bermuda's juvenile laws came in for harsh criticism from a magistrate last week as a teenager was sent to an "approved society'' for the tenth time.
Magistrate Carlisle Greaves told a Family Court hearing the Island must take a "serious look'' at the...
DATE: Aug 02, 1999
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The battle with the mosquito known for spreading the killer Dengue fever is continuing with no end in sight.
And the Ministry of Health has warned that if just one resident returning home or a visitor is suffering from the debilitating disease and ge...
DATE: Jul 23, 1999
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for docks at Warwick's Grace Island.
Businessman Fernance Perry's plan to allow all-weather access to the 5.9-acre island in Hamilton Harbour was blocked because it fails to protect the "essentially pristine marine habitat'' on the southward facing s...
DATE: Jul 23, 1999
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Ambitious plans have been launched for a series of land monuments commemorating the Middle Passage of the African slave trade.
And one Bermudian woman who witnessed the lowering of a sculpture 400 kilometres off the North American coast described a s...
DATE: Jul 22, 1999
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Police officers looking for affordable housing.
Some have even lived in guest houses just to find a suitable home for their families while being subject to the vagaries of the market which also leaves many Bermudians fuming.
And The Royal Gazette has...
DATE: Jul 21, 1999
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The weekend's rainfall did little to ease the Island's drought, with rainfall levels still six inches below normal.
This leaves water truckers still working flat out to supply homes with the precious liquid.
Just 22.06 inches of water have fallen sin...
DATE: Jul 20, 1999
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A story on page 14 in yesterday's newspaper erroneously reported the Corporation of Hamilton did not earn a surplus in 1997. The Corporation's earnings exceeded spending by $296,000 in 1997 and $196,000 in 1998.
The Corporation of Hamilton made $196,...
DATE: Jul 19, 1999
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lightning rocked two neighbourhoods causing damage and a blackout.
The Bermuda Electric Light Company reported that 18 homes in the Lover's Lane area of Paget lost power for several hours after three transformers were zapped by lightning around 3 p.m...
DATE: Jul 19, 1999
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first day of training because of six unpaid fines from two years ago.
And Tomeeka Talbot is set to continue her training with the Police Service as Commissioner Jean-Jacques Lemay has approved her recruitment after she promised Senior Magistrate Will...
DATE: Jul 17, 1999
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Police and prison officers packed a courtroom yesterday as two Pembroke men were charged with the murder of a golf caddy five years ago.
And The Royal Gazette has learned there has been some developments in another unsolved murder from around the sam...
DATE: Jul 16, 1999
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