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Chairman Mr. Gary Pitman admitted "lengthy and sometimes contentious discussions'' in the ruling party.
But he slammed "a vocal group of anonymous critics'' for making "personal attacks'' on Premier the Hon. Sir John Swan.
Consensus in the party was ...
DATE: Mar 28, 1994
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"Absolutely not,'' Mr. Alastair Macdonald said yesterday. "I'm not going to let these people kick me in the face and force me to resign.'' Mr. Macdonald continued to defend the commission's recent selection of Mrs.
Eugenie Simmons as chief executive...
DATE: Mar 26, 1994
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Mr. Ming, the former head of the National Alcohol and Drug Agency who last year inspired Bermudians through his strong recovery from a heart transplant, said the recent appointment of Mrs. Eugenie Simmons was "the straw that broke the camel's back.''...
DATE: Mar 24, 1994
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Her appointment showed a "lack of commitment'' by Government in the war on drugs, Shadow Human Affairs Minister Ms Renee Webb charged.
Ms Webb questioned the new chief executive officer's ability to oversee the National Drug Commission's (NDC) possib...
DATE: Mar 22, 1994
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secondary school kids.
Children as young as eight and nine were abusing drugs and alcohol, Mrs.
Eugenie M. Simmons said.
And the drug of choice among school students was certainly no longer marijuana, but "highly addictive and relatively inexpensive'...
DATE: Mar 22, 1994
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The Hon. Quinton Edness hopes to have regular lunch-hour talks warning workers about AIDS.
He plans to target all job sectors, from the construction industry to the international business world.
He also wants to train staff in dealing with questions ...
DATE: Mar 21, 1994
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The plight of a Filipino maid reported in The Royal Gazette today was not the first "horror story'' he had heard concerning domestics in Bermuda, Sen.
Milton Scott (PLP) said during the Labour Ministry Budget debate.
Senators took note of several oth...
DATE: Mar 19, 1994
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committed on Police officers. Most Bermudians think of both things as taking place somewhere else but not in Bermuda.
The truth is that Bermuda is surrounded by an increasingly violent world.
Bermudians know that in other countries more and more hone...
DATE: Mar 18, 1994
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Businessman Mr. Harry Cox said Government would control the Police and Bermuda Regiment if ties with Britain were cut.
He claimed Premier the Hon Sir John Swan had talked about becoming head of both.
Mr. Cox added Independence would also remove a saf...
DATE: Mar 18, 1994
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Progressive Labour Party spokesperson on education Sen. Neletha Butterfield asked money to be spent on creating an education system for all students -- not just the brightest.
But Parliamentary Secretary for Education the Hon. Gerald Simons (UBP) str...
DATE: Mar 17, 1994
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