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Premier Jennifer Smith has refused to slam or back Government Senate Leader Milton Scott who called for Independent senators to be sacked for voting as a bloc with the Opposition.
A short statement issued by Government Information Services, on Ms Smi...
DATE: Aug 25, 1999
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prosecutor -- but ex-Solicitor General Barrie Meade could be brought in as a consultant, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Principal Crown counsel Mr. Tokunbo is said by legal insiders to be unhappy at the deal of having to understudy a consultant for up...
DATE: Aug 25, 1999
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A new tax could be on the cards for gambling machines -- or operators could face tougher rules governing their use.
Government is known to be considering rewriting the law on the hi-tech video card games.
Premier Jennifer Smith and Finance Minister E...
DATE: Aug 24, 1999
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A ground-breaking bid to get international business to help ease the housing crisis in Bermuda is on the cards.
And it is possible the business world -- whose success has contributed to the scarcity and cost of rental homes -- could be asked to chip ...
DATE: Aug 23, 1999
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Better communication is the key to avoiding internal warfare in Bermuda's part-time army, according to a special Defence Board report into a row at the Bermuda Regiment.
The Regiment was earlier this year rocked by a row over the future direction of ...
DATE: Aug 23, 1999
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An attack on the independence of non-party senators is an assault on democracy, Opposition leader Pamela Gordon said yesterday.
Ms Gordon claimed: "What we have is a Government where this new Bermuda is not a democracy, but totalitarianism.
"They're ...
DATE: Aug 20, 1999
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Cedar berries are set to ripen next month -- and Government has kicked off a fresh bid to plant the idea of sowing a seed in people's minds.
Environment Minister Arthur Hodgson said his Millennium project to boost the number of cedar trees would reap...
DATE: Aug 19, 1999
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Senators yesterday crossed swords over a pair of hard-hitting reports into handling of public cash under the previous United Bermuda Party administration.
And Government Senate leader Milton Scott said the reports by the official Auditor diminished U...
DATE: Aug 19, 1999
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Independent Sen. Jeanette Cannonier is set to appeal to Governor Thorold Masefield over a blunder which led to a controversial Act to allow funeral limousines in Bermuda.
And it is expected that she will lodge an official protest over a ruling by Sen...
DATE: Aug 18, 1999
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Killer designer drug Ecstasy has been netted in a massive Police raid on a nightclub.
Tablets of the drug -- responsible for a rash of deaths across the UK and US -- was part of the haul in a drugs squad raid on the controversial Escape Night Club in...
DATE: Aug 17, 1999
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