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Govt. to hike scholarships
Bermuda Government education scholarships will be increased by $10,000 a year by a bill tabled in the House of Assembly on Friday.
Government scholarships are currently capped at $15,000 a year, but the Bermuda Government S...
DATE: May 05, 2003
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A man who claimed he was a kleptomaniac when he appeared in Magistrates' Court charged with stealing a disposable camera has until Wednesday to prove it.
Courtney Rawlins, 34, of White Hill, Sandys, pleaded not guilty on Friday to stealing the Kodak ...
DATE: May 05, 2003
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A Supreme Court judge has slammed Attorney General Dame Lois Browne Evans for her "unacceptable" refusal to fully assist a court in a case over union representation.
Acting Puisne Judge Philip Storr criticised Dame Lois for instructing Solicitor Gene...
DATE: May 05, 2003
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Three men spent more than ten hours in a life-raft last night after their US registered yacht, Esperance, ran into trouble and sank 100 miles off Bermuda.
Harbour Radio picked up emergency signals at around 11.30 a.m. yesterday from the three men who...
DATE: May 05, 2003
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Government is to carry out a more thorough review of postal voting in a bid to extend the voting franchise in Bermuda.
Premier Jennifer Smith told Parliament yesterday that a committee set up to consider how it might be best extended had found that p...
DATE: May 03, 2003
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Parliament will soon put legislative finishing touches to electoral reform with the passage of amendments made necessary by the move to a single seat system.
Many of the changes are housekeeping matters made necessary by last year's Order in Council ...
DATE: May 03, 2003
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All possible steps to protect and prepare the Island for an outbreak of SARS had been taken, Health Minister Nelson Bascome said yesterday.
He said the approach by the Ministry had been to focus on prevention and education, however, he said his depar...
DATE: May 03, 2003
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The United Bermuda Party wants to de-politicise the Attorney General's office, bring the focus back on to alternatives to incarceration, and lower taxes, according to party leader Dr. Grant Gibbons.
"It's not that the concept (of a politically electe...
DATE: May 03, 2003
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Bermudian entertainers will be given a chance to showcase their talents to try to get hired in the tourism industry later this month.
Hoteliers, restaurateurs, promoters, management companies and cruise line representatives have been invited along to...
DATE: May 03, 2003
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Legislators yesterday unanimously passed a law aimed at protecting consumers from shoddy workmanship.
Many of the provisions of the Supply of Services (Implied Terms) Act 2003 are common law principles, but Government decided to bring the bill for cl...
DATE: May 03, 2003
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