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Almost three quarters of the people responding to an unscientific online poll are opposed to Independence.
The poll, which started last Monday and ended on Thursday at 5 p.m., asked "Should Bermuda go Independent?"
Of the 1,359 people who responded, ...
DATE: Mar 08, 2004
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Good Friday is not an appropriate time to hold the CARIFTA games, Anglican Bishop of Bermuda the Rt. Rev. Ewen Ratteray said this month.
Controversy has already been cast over the planned dates for the games - April 9-11 - with the Bahamas voicing th...
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Bermuda is considering joining the World Trade Organisation to fend off unfair trading practices by certain US states.
And Government is to spend $200,000 on lobbying Washington but Finance Minister Paula Cox played down the threat from Presidential ...
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Government is contradicting itself when it comes to the awarding of Government contracts, according to the Opposition.
Though the Premier has said the Progressive Labour Party Government represents all Bermudians, comments made by other members of hi...
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Land tax rates to be revised
Government is to revise land tax rates in order to avoid a massive hike in annual rental values in the summer.
Finance Minister Paula Cox said the new valuation list will come into effect on July 1.
She said: “It is well ...
DATE: Mar 08, 2004
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The National Drug Commission is setting up its own residential treatment centre for women drug addicts to be open within the next few months.
The Bermuda Treatment Centre for Women is expected to be up and running within the next few months and is be...
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Government?s claim that labour relations are better now than they have been in a long time is suspect, according to Shadow Labour Minister Maxwell Burgess.
And he called for Government to clear the air over where the Island is headed with globalisati...
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A distraught mother brought her ex-boyfriend to Magistrates' Court last week for allegedly invading the privacy of her teenage daughter.
Christine Patricia Renee Smith of Slip Road, St. George's, said her former boyfriend, Melvin Boen of St. George's...
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Two men who saved a former school teacher and Bermuda Regiment bandmaster from drowning were honoured for their bravery at the weekend.
Captain Horace Gibbons was in Mullet?s Bay, St. George?s on January 9 when he fell out of the punt he was using to...
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Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) announced last week the launch of a comprehensive survey of its facilities. The survey will provide information for Bermuda?s future healthcare needs. BHB director George Melling said: ?King Edward VII Memorial Hospital ...
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