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Opposition allegations that the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is being directed by the Attorney General's office was strongly refuted by Government in the House of Assembly Monday.
But the United Bermuda Party (UBP) persisted an...
DATE: Feb 26, 2003
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Bermuda is set to get its own copy right legislation says Home Affairs Minister Terry Lister. He said an Order In Council extending Part One of the UK Copyright Act 1988 was pending.
He told the House in the Home Affairs budget debate yesterday: "Thi...
DATE: Feb 25, 2003
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A budgeted six percent increase in the amount of money paid to the Island's politicians was yesterday criticised by the Opposition United Bermuda Party (UBP) for being far in excess of the rate of inflation.
But UBP MP John Barritt, who as shadow Leg...
DATE: Feb 25, 2003
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The Department of Immigration held the first informal discussion forum for members of the general public on immigration issues at the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce yesterday.
Focusing on personal services such as citizenship, travel documents, and land...
DATE: Feb 25, 2003
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Minister for Education and Development Paula Cox has admitted that she now feels she has a "progressive ownership" of her department - after at first taking up the post with some trepidation.
During an interview with The Royal Gazette, Ms Cox said sh...
DATE: Feb 25, 2003
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Local builder Sanders Frith-Brown has denied he is trying to make money out of a project to fix a severely damaged Bermuda-style limestone roof in the British Caribbean territory of Turks and Caicos.
He is backing an appeal for funding from the Bermu...
DATE: Feb 25, 2003
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Teachers, parents and students from the Island's public schools have been speaking their minds to the Education Ministry at a series of round table talks designed to open up the lines of communication.
A number of meetings have already been held with...
DATE: Feb 25, 2003
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An ongoing marijuana shortage could be linked to the recent number of violent outbreaks in recent months.
While there are no Police statistics to verify this claim, Inspector Larry Smith, who heads the Narcotics division of the Bermuda Police Service...
DATE: Feb 25, 2003
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Several cases of violently resisting arrest, unlawful assault, Police obstruction and offensive words left Acting Senior Magistrate Carlisle Greaves suggesting the Island needed to have an anger management day.
Mr. Greaves made the suggestion during ...
DATE: Feb 25, 2003
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A 30-year-old walked away from the Supreme Court a free man yesterday after he was acquitted of committing a serious sexual assault in December 2001.
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found not guilty by the nine-man, three-woman ju...
DATE: Feb 25, 2003
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