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As countries across the globe marked the 15th annual World AIDS Day yesterday, Bermuda had both reasons for concern and celebration in considering the deadly virus's local effects.
Recent statistics suggest that the number of new HIV/AIDS cases on th...
DATE: Dec 02, 2002
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After months of waiting for a decision whether her diabetic son will be able to attend Government pre-school, a frustrated mother has been told she must keep him home until next September - unless she pays for a private nurse to attend with him.
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DATE: Dec 02, 2002
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With just two bills passed and a
two-hour motion to adjourn, yesterday's House of Assembly session ended relatively early - and left the United Bermuda Party (UBP) fuming.
Much of the morning was taken up in Ministerial statements and congratulatory ...
DATE: Nov 30, 2002
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A 60-foot sailboat en route from New Jersey to St. Maarten had to be abandoned 300 miles north west of Bermuda yesterday morning.
The Barbados registered tanker, the Irving Primrose, rescued the four-crew members within two hours of having received a...
DATE: Nov 30, 2002
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Government has initiated a wide-ranging legislative change which will remove any distinction between children born inside or outside of marriage from Island laws.
The Children Amendment Bill 2002 was tabled in the House of Assembly on Friday and will...
DATE: Nov 30, 2002
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Government has formed a committee to review the Parliamentary Election Act. The news, revealed in a notice of a motion given by the Premier in Parliament yesterday, has left hanging in the balance a motion by Shadow Legislative Affairs Minister John ...
DATE: Nov 30, 2002
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As envisaged in the Bermuda Constitution (Amendment) Order 2001, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs has now considered the report of the Constituency Boundaries Commission transmitted to him by the Governor, together with the...
DATE: Nov 30, 2002
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Political commentator Rolfe Commissiong has come out in defence of Auditor General Larry Dennis - and said racial allegations against him were from the old Bermuda, not the new.
The Progressive Labour Party maverick described the events of the last w...
DATE: Nov 30, 2002
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The Governor, Sir John Vereker, delivered the guest address last night to the coiffed and cuff-linked at the annual Speaker's Dinner at the Fairmont Southampton Princess Hotel.
Between the laughs, he did touch on some meaty subjects, including the ne...
DATE: Nov 30, 2002
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Auditor General Larry Dennis was last night still awaiting information on the mystery $700,000 cash reimbursement paid out by taxpayers to the general contractor of the troubled Berkeley School development.
But Works and Engineering Minister Alex Sco...
DATE: Nov 30, 2002
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