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Yesterday marked an important milestone for two men as they were the first participants of the Bermuda Drug Treatment Court Programme to be recognised for being drug-free for at least one year.
The two men, who will not be identified for confidential...
DATE: Feb 27, 2003
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Workers at the Corporation of Hamilton made history yesterday when they threatened to strike and protested over the suspension of a colleague.
For the first time in the corporation's long history, 40 or so workers marched from their depot on Dundonal...
DATE: Feb 27, 2003
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Emotions rode high in the House of Assembly last night as Shadow Telecommunications Minister Allan Marshall kicked out after arguing with Speaker Stanley Lowe.
Mr. Marshall's speedy exit came after relations were already tense in the House on the hee...
DATE: Feb 27, 2003
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Government backbencher Arthur Hodgson has said Bermuda should consider restricting work permits and letting the market sort out the scramble for labour.
Mr. Hodgson gave the example of the British channel island Jersey which had a similar population ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2003
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Boats and crew in Bermuda will be required to meet tougher safety standards, an inquiry into the sinking of the fishing vessel New Nuts has recommended.
The report did not ascribe blame to skipper Robert (Bobby) Lambe for the sinking which claimed th...
DATE: Feb 27, 2003
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Even brothers and sisters of Saltus students are being denied places at the school because of a 1998 deal between Saltus and several international insurance companies trading cash for school spaces, several Saltus parents claim.
Saltus Grammar School...
DATE: Feb 27, 2003
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Employees may soon be able to bank on better health, at least if they are on staff at The Bank of Bermuda.
The Island's largest bank is taking action to prevent illnesses among employees by hiring an on-staff nurse to support employee and retiree hea...
DATE: Feb 27, 2003
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Government has clamped down on immigration abuses with the stop list rising by 42 percent said Home Affairs Minister Terry Lister in yesterday's budget debate.
He said close scrutiny of suspected marriages of convenience had led to the Registry Gener...
DATE: Feb 27, 2003
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A close-knit community was in a state of shock last night after the mindless murder of a 57-year-old man who was found dead behind a workingmen's club in the small neighbourhood where he was born and raised.
Friends and close relatives of Eugene Lloy...
DATE: Feb 26, 2003
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Telecommunications Minister Renee Webb has defended her ministry's use of outside consultants while her opposite number blasted her for ignoring Parliament and telling the media.
Shadow Telecommunications Minister Allan Marshall first put a question ...
DATE: Feb 26, 2003
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