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collapse because of lack of Opposition support, The Royal Gazette can reveal. The Prohibited Restaurants Act 1996 passed the House of Assembly for the second time in December last year by 23-16 after the Progressive Labour Party voted with five Unite...

Bermuda yesterday lost out to Australia in the World Schools' Debating Championships. But it was the Country's first defeat in three debates, with the three-strong team triumphing over Peru and Canada earlier. Against Australia, Bermuda argued for th...

for divorced people. But Bishop Ewen Ratteray -- contrary to some weekend TV and radio reports -- has not banned his priests from marrying divorcees. And some Anglican priests believe the Bishop has made the process of marrying divorced people easier...

New Youth and Sport Minister David Dyer has run up against his professional board in a bid to bring in an assistant from abroad to help run his dental practice. The Bermuda Dental Board refused to approve two requests from Dr. Dyer to import a dentis...

A top lawyer yesterday hit out at an application by a would-be rival in the cable TV stakes. Alan Dunch, counsel for Bermuda Cablevision, said the application for more than 30 channels from Coral Cable Vision Network Ltd appeared to be being treated ...

year, a top Government doctor said last night. And the number of influenza victims in the latter part of 1996 was also greater than the norm. But Chief Medical Officer Dr. John Cann said the Island was not in the grip of an epidemic -- although he ad...

three boys. And baby Marcus -- 6 pound 14 ounces -- was the ideal wedding anniversary present for parents Leslie-Ann and Frank Henske. Little Marcus was the last of the day's babies in a busy day at the King Edward Memorial Hospital's maternity unit,...

by cabbies was last night lifted. A short statement issued by the executive of the Bermuda Taxi Federation said: "We have reviewed our position regarding the planned industrial action on Christmas morning. "As a result of that review, it was agreed t...

Hollywood superstar Samuel L. Jackson could be the main attraction at Bermuda's first International Film Festival, it was revealed yesterday. For the first of the annual events has been planned to coincide with Mr. Jackson's star-studded charity golf...

Taxi drivers yesterday refused to do a U-turn on Christmas Day strike action. And they said they would go ahead with a campaign of wildcat industrial action -- unless they got a guarantee that two axed hours from the late-night surcharge period were ...