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Opposition Shadow Home Affairs Minister Maxwell Burgess said Telecommunications Minister Renee Webb should be fired if it is proved she had signed a letter granting a licence to TV firm Hardell after denying doing so.
He produced a letter dated April...
DATE: Dec 13, 2003
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Government won two close votes yesterday to ensure drivers who don?t buckle up and have proper car seats for children can be fined from January 1.
The House of Assembly yesterday corrected an ?oversight? in the original legislation which did not prov...
DATE: Dec 13, 2003
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Crockwell gets three-year jail term
A vicious melee landed a 22-year-old man in jail yesterday after his involvement in the assault of an off-duty prison officer two years ago.
Shaki Eugene Crockwell of Happy Valley Road in Pembroke, expressed his so...
DATE: Dec 13, 2003
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The rules of the House of Assembly are to be reviewed which may cut back on MPs waffling and see powerful public committees being set up which could call people to give evidence.
Government yesterday accepted an Opposition motion to review the rules,...
DATE: Dec 13, 2003
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Health Minister Patrice Minors warned yesterday she will be making ?tough decisions? which could see funding frozen for drug rehabilitation agencies.
And she warned she would not tolerate top heavy agencies which paid staff handsomely and left nothin...
DATE: Dec 13, 2003
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A construction company run by former Progressive Labour Party MP Arthur Pitcher did break safety rules when it demolished asbestos-ridden buildings at Southside, a long-awaited report into the controversy has found.
Bermuda Housing Corporation (BHC),...
DATE: Dec 13, 2003
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Crime Stoppers, which operates the confidential 24-hour Police tips hotline, has appointed a new chairman.
David Pugh, who has been involved with the organisation since its inception eight years ago, has taken over in the hot seat from David Carruthe...
DATE: Dec 12, 2003
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Should St. David's become the Island's tenth parish?
Ask St. David's Islander and new MP Suzann Roberts Holshouser and the answer is a resounding yes. Not surprising. She was voted into Parliament as the United Bermuda Party's MP for St. David's in J...
DATE: Dec 12, 2003
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A leadership guru is calling on Government to establish a Department of Men?s Issues and Educational Development.
Dr. Myles Munroe said men in Bermuda aren?t reaching their full potential and when they don?t succeed the country as a whole suffers.
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DATE: Dec 12, 2003
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Farmers drew back from their plan to plough up disused farm land in Frog Lane after Government promised it would be given back to agriculture.
And farmers say they are keen on growing crops on the former military base.
The farmers had plotted their p...
DATE: Dec 12, 2003
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