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A multi-million dollar bid to buy Chelston by the Bermuda Government was yesterday slammed as a waste of taxpayers' money.
And Opposition Leader Pamela Gordon said claims that using the luxury mansion as an official home for Premiers was likely -- de...
DATE: Jun 24, 1999
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Consuls General.
And the battle for the massive mansion could be set to come down to a head-to-head between Government and a private buyer from overseas.
The house could be lined up as a future residence for Premier Jennifer Smith and her successors....
DATE: Jun 23, 1999
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Captains of Bermuda-registered ships will soon be able to perform marriages on the high seas if MPs back a new law.
Home Affairs Minister Paula Cox said the new law would be a big attraction for cruise ships considering registering their vessels in B...
DATE: Jun 09, 1999
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More open government and freedom of the press are crucial to the future development of the UK's colonies, a top British Foreign Office official said at the weekend.
Baroness Symons, junior Foreign Office Minister in charge of the UK Overseas Territor...
DATE: May 25, 1999
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Bermuda's financial sector could be strangled by international red tape forced on it by Britain, a top lawyer has told US attorneys.
And barrister John Collis said that the UK's White Paper on its colonies may signal a drive towards probing which goe...
DATE: May 11, 1999
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Cyber crime and techno-terrorism are major threats to security, a top official of American intelligence agency -- the CIA -- warned yesterday.
And CIA general counsel Robert McNamara warned that the world was "staking its future on a resource which w...
DATE: Apr 30, 1999
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start of a major conference of Attorneys General from the UK's Overseas Territories.
Mrs. Browne Evans was at the Camp Lejeune training ground in North Carolina on a visit to the Bermuda Regiment.
Yesterday, delegates to the conference were scheduled...
DATE: Apr 21, 1999
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converge on Bermuda for a major conference set to concentrate on the legal implications of Britain's recent rewrite of relations with its colonies.
And the major topic up for discussion will be the legal implications of the UK's offer of full citizen...
DATE: Apr 19, 1999
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The use of the Euro as a major currency could be the first step towards political unification of the EU -- and across-the-board taxation for member states and Overseas Territories like Bermuda, a businessman warned.
Ex-Shell Bermuda chief and Chamber...
DATE: Apr 19, 1999
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conference in the US.
Ms Gordon was recruited to speak after conference organisers saw her on US TV last year at a Harvard University Women World Leaders meeting.
And Ms Gordon said she planned to use her 25 minute spot at the conference, to be held ...
DATE: Apr 19, 1999
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