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The Island will see an influx of new office buildings in the next few years if a number of new applications to build, are granted.
Three proposals for multistorey office complexes were submitted to the Planning Department over the past week.
The firs...
DATE: May 30, 2002
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Foreign workers are propping up the Island's contributory pensions scheme, the Senate was reminded yesterday.
"It's a strange fact that nobody seems to appreciate. We've got an economy that cannot be staffed (fully) by the Bermudian population," said...
DATE: May 30, 2002
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Industrial action is not in taxi drivers' immediate plans, Lee Tucker, public relations officer for the Bermuda Taxi Owners Association (BTOA), said last night.
Minutes after leaving an executive meeting, Mr. Tucker told The Royal Gazette: "We take t...
DATE: May 30, 2002
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An unknown former Bermudian slave fought in the legendary first black regiment in the American Civil War which was immortalised in the Denzel Washington film `Glory', a recently discovered newspaper report has shown.
And in an uncanny echo of the fil...
DATE: May 29, 2002
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In the last five years, youth and young adult membership in the AME churches has declined by about 50 percent. Youth pastor Jamaine Tucker may be the man to help turn those numbers around.
He, along with several committee members, has launched a ten-...
DATE: May 29, 2002
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More than 1,200 people have picked up British Citizen (BC) passport application forms just one week after Bermudians became full British citizens.
That is three times the number of applications normally processed in a year.
Last week the Immigration ...
DATE: May 29, 2002
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Separate fares for shared rides and improved insurance cover have been suggested to improve the taxi industry by drivers opposed to Government plans to enforce an electronic cab tracking system.
The proposals sent to Government also called for a retu...
DATE: May 29, 2002
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Ongoing pollution problems associated with the use of cesspits in Bermuda are forcing Government to consider new long-term options for handling human waste, The Royal Gazette has learned.
Bermuda's myriad cesspits are known to contaminate ground wate...
DATE: May 29, 2002
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Former Director of Civil Aviation James Pitman was sentenced to four months imprisonment yesterday for forging an air worthiness certificate for a private jet.
It is understood he was later released on bail after his lawyer filed an appeal against th...
DATE: May 29, 2002
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Four people who fostered closer links among people originally from Africa were honoured on Monday night at the banquet to end the African Diaspora Heritage Trail conference.
The first awards, named after Hilton Hill II who pioneered tourism among bla...
DATE: May 29, 2002
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