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Tourism Minister David Allen on Friday reminded members of the House of Assembly about the upcoming conference on the African Diaspora Heritage Trail.
The three day conference will take place at the Fairmont Southampton Princess hotel beginning this ...
DATE: May 20, 2002
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Finance Minister Eugene Cox yesterday said he would not divulge particulars of the Ministry's trip to Washington last week but stressed that Government has "attached high priority" to addressing the push on Capitol Hill for changes to US tax legislat...
DATE: May 19, 2002
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Government announced yesterday that it will meet disgruntled taxi drivers to discuss their opposition to its controversial plans to force them to join a centralised dispatching system.
Acting Transport Minister Dennis Lister made the revelation to MP...
DATE: May 18, 2002
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The United Bermuda Party last night called on Health and Housing Minister Nelson Bascome to resign because he had responsibility for the Bermuda Housing Corporation (BHC) scandal.
Opposition Leader Dr. Grant Gibbons noted Auditor General Larry Dennis...
DATE: May 18, 2002
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New Prisons Commissioner John Prescod has promised to boost education programmes to crack down on recidivism which runs at more than 80 percent.
And Mr. Prescod, who ran Jamaica's prisons for eight years and cut reoffending rates by 50 percent, said ...
DATE: May 18, 2002
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With their liquor licences at risk, bar owners quickly agreed to be trained by the Bermuda Police Service on the Liquor Licence Act and other related Acts.
Bartenders and bar owners for several nightclubs, and sports clubs appeared before the Liquor ...
DATE: May 18, 2002
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Premier Jennifer Smith's position as Government leader is hanging in the balance after a number of her own MPs demanded her resignation, The Royal Gazette has been told.
On Thursday night, Cabinet Ministers and Government backbenchers met at Sessions...
DATE: May 18, 2002
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Bermuda could do better in the treatment of Portuguese and poor blacks according to two visiting human rights activists.
The pair have been employed by the British Government to assess and advice on human rights issues in the overseas territories.
Dr...
DATE: May 17, 2002
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Government has seized possession of the former Dolphin Quest facility at Southampton Princess due to the hotel's inaction in repairing the property following Hurricane Gert.
But the hotel will still be responsible for bringing the property back to it...
DATE: May 17, 2002
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Taxi driver Joe L. Brown yesterday criticised the call to withdraw taxi services, saying that there had been far more important issues that his colleagues had not responded to.
"It's ridiculous - the GPS system is nothing that should trouble the indu...
DATE: May 17, 2002
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