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Bermuda's MPs appear to be lining up against the death penalty ever being used on the Island again.
The news comes after a street survey see Page 2 following the brutal murder of an elderly widow in her own home showed a split on the death penalty fo...
DATE: Dec 10, 1997
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new laws to crack down on driving under the influence of drugs would automatically lead to a ban on travel to America.
Consulate staffer Sylvia Hammond also ruled out ever revealing the names of people excluded from travel to the US to the Bermuda Go...
DATE: Dec 09, 1997
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after a brutal beating in her own home.
Now a full-scale murder hunt has been launched and Police pledged a massive effort to track down the killer.
Beatrice Simons, 69, was horrifically beaten in a late night attack at her Sandys home on Tuesday. Sh...
DATE: Dec 08, 1997
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Dog attack victim Frank Alves last night relived a savaging by two dogs which ripped off his scalp.
Mr. Alves, 67, needed more than 360 stitches in his head alone and suffered other bites from the two Rottweiler and Akita crossbreeds.
And he said: "W...
DATE: Dec 08, 1997
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Government yesterday signalled a future green light to a US-style Green Card solution to the problems of long-term residents.
MPs discussed the matter until shortly after 10 p.m. last night.
Labour and Home Affairs Minister Quinton Edness said: "It s...
DATE: Dec 06, 1997
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Liquor miniatures might be off the shelves -- but cold beers will stay on sale in grocery stores despite calls to axe them as well.
Education and Human Affairs Minister Jerome Dill said: "There was a great deal of talk and concern -- but Government d...
DATE: Dec 04, 1997
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as Premier, it was claimed yesterday.
And the former Island top cop is alleged to have said that she was "a bad choice because she brought with her a lot of baggage.'' The shock claim -- in a anonymous letter claiming to be from an ex-Police officer...
DATE: Dec 04, 1997
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after an editorial in yesterday's edition called for the Commissioner of Police to be a outsiders-only job.
Labour and Home Affairs Minister Quinton Edness kicked off the attack and said that banning Bermudians from the top job would have a disastrou...
DATE: Dec 04, 1997
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Senior Police officers aiming for the top have got a stay of execution on a gruelling new assessment programme.
The two-day grilling was due to start this month -- but it understood that the intensive programme has been put back -- probably to the en...
DATE: Dec 03, 1997
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MPs will today discuss changes to the Police service -- after a printing hiccup left them with only half an Act on Monday.
Government swapped over to a proposal to amend liquor licencing laws on Monday after copies of the Police Amendment Act distrib...
DATE: Dec 03, 1997
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