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An amnesty for illegal immigrants is on the cards, Labour and Home Affairs Minister Paula Cox has promised.
Ms Cox said yesterday she had been asked by lawyer Delroy Duncan -- acting for the Jamaican and West Indian Associations -- to allow a list of...
DATE: Nov 20, 1999
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Bermuda's Cabinet system could be in for a massive shake-up after a far-reaching review of the Civil Service, it was revealed yesterday.
Tourism Minister David Allen told a meeting of the Bermuda Society in London that the review, carried out by UK e...
DATE: Nov 19, 1999
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Top English lawyer John Roberts will arrive in Bermuda next week to chair an independent probe into controversy over the handling of a court case against developer Rodney Smith.
Government House yesterday revealed that Dr. Roberts QC will arrive on M...
DATE: Nov 19, 1999
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More than $158,800 has been notched up by Government Ministers on trips overseas in the first six months of the current financial year, it was revealed yesterday.
And the news means Government has already exceeded the annual Cabinet Office travel bud...
DATE: Nov 13, 1999
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A U-turn on an exemption for MPs and Senators from payroll tax was yesterday announced by Premier Jennifer Smith.
Ms Smith acted after Speaker Stanley Lowe ruled that an Opposition bill to amend the current law to include Parliamentarians was ruled o...
DATE: Nov 13, 1999
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Government was last night blasted for hypocrisy for insisting MPs are not Government employees for payroll tax -- but introducing another bill to make them Government workers so they can claim health insurance.
And Shadow Finance Minister Grant Gibbo...
DATE: Nov 12, 1999
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Top UK diplomats have admitted they were stunned by the mess left behind by the US armed forces when they quit their Bermuda bases.
Hugh Philpott -- head of the Caribbean and Bermuda desk at the Foreign Office -- said: "I didn't really know what to e...
DATE: Nov 12, 1999
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relationship -- and boost Bermuda's tourist industry.
Bermuda Industrial Union leader Derrick Burgess and Hotel Employers of Bermuda president Norman Mastalir joined forces at a night of celebration on the first anniversary of the Progressive Labour ...
DATE: Nov 10, 1999
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The rules of the political game should be rewritten to allow more open Government, Opposition Leader Pamela Gordon said yesterday.
And Ms Gordon said Ministers should be more accountable to the House of Assembly -- with questions allowed after offici...
DATE: Nov 06, 1999
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in Britain will not be passed for more than a year, it was revealed yesterday.
And the UK has cleared up confusion over the offer of full UK citizenship with a promise to give a blanket grant -- with the option to opt out if wanted.
Premier Jennifer ...
DATE: Nov 06, 1999
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