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Government passed a bill that increased the annual rental value of rent control properties by over $8,000 on Friday night.
Increases in the amount of properties under rent control are a temporary band-Aid protecting tenants until a balance can be fou...
DATE: Dec 13, 2004
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Over 600 St. David?s islanders asked Government to help bring their minibus service back in the House of Assembly on Friday night.
Their wishes were presented to the Speaker of the House, Stanley Lowe, during the final sitting of Parliament for 2004 ...
DATE: Dec 13, 2004
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A derelict property in Somerset owned by the family of former Premier Pamela Gordon is frequented by drug dealers, crack addicts and prostitutes, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The discovery was made during a Police drugs raid in the area of Cambridge...
DATE: Dec 13, 2004
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Community Affairs and Sport Minister Dale Butler was interrupted toward the end of his contribution in the House of Assembly on Friday morning during a fire drill.
Fire marshals and MPs Nelson Bascome and Ottiwell Simmons were quick in getting member...
DATE: Dec 13, 2004
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Government passed a bill to exempt the Bermuda Housing Corporation from paying duty on building materials for housing projects on Friday.
The bill will also apply to the Harbourside Village building project at Southside by Bermuda Homes for People Lt...
DATE: Dec 13, 2004
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While the Opposition UBP took pains to say they did not support the overtime provision of the Employment Amendment Act 2004, Opposition leader Grant Gibbons said they did support the other issues dealt with in the act.
During a lengthy debate of the ...
DATE: Dec 11, 2004
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Minister of Labour, Home Affairs and Public Safety Randy Horton introduced the Employment Amendment Act 2004 for the second time in the House of Assembly last night.
He said when the Employment Act was enacted: ?It was a watershed, as it ensured fair...
DATE: Dec 11, 2004
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Amendments to the Financial Assistance Regulations 2004 may benefit those who felt disadvantaged in July of this year, when the regulations came into effect. yesterday tabled Amendments to the Financial Assistance Regulations 2004 in the House of Ass...
DATE: Dec 11, 2004
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The final piece of legislation of the year was the Maritime Marriage Amendment Act 2004. said it sought ?to amend the Maritime Marriage Act 1999 to allow greater flexibility in the conduct of marriages on board Bermuda-registered ships on the high se...
DATE: Dec 11, 2004
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Barefoot and passionate, free thinking Jamaican poet Mutabaruka commemorated International Human Rights Day on the steps of City Hall yesterday with a powerful message to men to stop abusing women with ?dishonesty and infidelity?.
?People talk about ...
DATE: Dec 11, 2004
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