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Lacklustre leadership and direction from both the Government and the Opposition United Bermuda Party is turning people off politics and likely to lead to many not bothering to vote in the next General Election.
And the UBP?s change of leadership to W...
DATE: Feb 11, 2006
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One hundred new apartments for senior citizens will be completed and ready for residents by the middle of next year after a $2.5 million donation from the Bank of Bermuda Foundation and a favourable $12.5 million loan from the bank to finance the rem...
DATE: Feb 10, 2006
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Finding ways to stop drug users from becoming hardened criminals and repeat offenders is one of the pressing issues at the top of the agenda for the newly formed National Steering Committee for Drugs.
The Minister for National Drug Control Wayne Peri...
DATE: Feb 10, 2006
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A US Police expert on gang violence will be amongst guest speakers at a three-day conference to highlight and offer answers to the problem of addictions in Bermuda, ranging from domestic violence to child pornography and drugs.
And the conference wil...
DATE: Feb 10, 2006
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A new $1.1 million state-of-the-art morgue has been opened at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital bringing to an end temporary arrangements which had included bodies being stored in refrigerated containers.
The new basement facility replaces the fo...
DATE: Feb 10, 2006
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The first $49 flight from the US to Bermuda was less than a third full when it brought 52 visitors to the Island yesterday in what is hoped is that start of a revival of the air tourism for the country.
The charter flight departed Bermuda Internation...
DATE: Feb 10, 2006
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More than 100 people packed a public meeting last night to hear about the potential impact of mega-size cruise ships coming to Bermuda.
A number of organisations are now involved in an Island-wide consultation process which aims to determine whether ...
DATE: Feb 09, 2006
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A failure to act sooner to the deteriorating situation surrounding the dilapidated Canadian Hotel and the fate of around 60 mostly working, single men living in the low-rent accommodation has resulted in the Government now facing an emergency crisis,...
DATE: Feb 08, 2006
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Taking a lead from Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is part of the vision that a future United Bermuda Party government would take under the leadership of Wayne Furbert. He feels there is a need to progress beyond the current Westminster-st...
DATE: Feb 08, 2006
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The hunt for the killer of a dog that was chained to two concrete blocks and thrown to its death from a 50 foot sea-cliff near Spanish Point has turned up a number of clues from members of the public.
There is a $5,000 reward for anyone who provides ...
DATE: Feb 08, 2006
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