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ERROR RG P4 13.11.1999 The October 30 edition of The Royal Gazette erroneously reported in the front page article "Hanging to be abolished'' that Governor Thorold Masefield said the Criminal Code would be amended to affirm Britain's commitment to in...

Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson promised closer future cooperation with Bermuda -- if the Island desired it. Speaking last night, Mr. Patterson said the door was open for collaboration between the two countries on a variety of issues. Health, ...

Government Minister Renee Webb yesterday dismissed Opposition demands that the ruling PLP disclose details of bids to influence Ministers and MPs over jobs and contracts as "hypocrisy''. And she said: "Under the previous Government, we had Ministers ...

The people of Bermuda will expect reasons for the Progressive Labour Party's slow pace in its first year in power from tomorrow's Throne Speech, Acting Opposition Leader Grant Gibbons warned yesterday. Dr. Gibbons said: "What we expect to see is a ju...

College was recently accepted to a prestigious doctoral programme at a top US university. Eugenie Simmons will soon join the Adult Education Intensive Guided Study (AEGIS) Doctoral Programme at Columbia University in New York. Only 15 people are admi...

The Progressive Labour Party faces a make-or-break Throne Speech with voters demanding the party deliver on pre-election promises, a party activist warns. The call came yesterday after Premier Jennifer Smith signalled more teeth to this year's Throne...

opening of the Progressive Labour Party's conference on Monday night. In doing so, she went some way to explain the slow progress of the Government, now nearing the end of its first year -- and the challenges facing the party within its own ranks. Ms...

Bar. In a Call to the Bar session before acting Chief Justice Norma Wade-Miller, Barbadian Graveney Bannister was admitted to the Bermuda Bar yesterday morning. Recently having graduated from the Norman Manley Law School in Jamaica, Mr. Bannister was...

The United Bermuda Party is calling for a different voting system to be put back on the political agenda. Acting Opposition Leader Grant Gibbons said it was important to keep an open mind on proportional representation (PR). Under that system the num...

Progressive Labour Party members have attempted to peddle influence on the coat-tails of the 1998 General Election victory, Premier Jennifer Smith said last night. And she admitted that the new Government had bitten off more than it could chew in pla...