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Striking workers at Universal Electric will vote today on a deal hammered out last night which will hopefully bring the three day dispute to an end, the Bermuda Industrial Union (BIU) said last night.
BIU president Derrick Burgess said he reached a "...
DATE: Apr 18, 2002
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The jobs of staff members at local accounting firm Arthur Andersen look secure after management announced yesterday that an agreement had been reached with rival firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC).
Questions have hung over the local firm's future sinc...
DATE: Apr 18, 2002
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife Cherie Booth will appear in court today after overcoming opposition to her working on the Island.
Businessman Harold Darrell has hired Ms Booth, a leading Queen's Counsel in London, to represent him in his cas...
DATE: Apr 18, 2002
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Strict new measures to combat violence, drugs and underage drinking in Bermuda's night clubs were revealed yesterday in Magistrates' Court.
The Central Liquor Licensing Board and Acting Senior Magistrate Carlisle Greaves agreed on a raft of hard-line...
DATE: Apr 18, 2002
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Waterloo Properties is gearing up to start Phase II of its $60 million waterfront development at the former PW's Marine Centre site in Hamilton.
Penthouses and waterfront apartments are to be added to the property as well as additional office space.
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DATE: Apr 18, 2002
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Caricom has come under heavy criticism by business and tourism leaders in the region for not having an economic plan or sense of direction, according to reports in the Caribbean press yesterday.
Gary Voss, the president of the Caribbean Association o...
DATE: Apr 18, 2002
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Technical problems at a number of Bermuda International Film Festival screenings have left theatre-goers and filmmakers irritated and disappointed.
Screenings of 'Daughter of Danang' were interrupted and even halted this week after the visiting filmm...
DATE: Apr 18, 2002
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The New York Times has joined in the attack on Bermuda's reputation with a hostile assault on yesterday's front page.
Bermuda is dubbed the "tax haven of choice" by David Cay Johnston in the article which is headlined "Tax Treaties With Small Nations...
DATE: Apr 17, 2002
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Sports Minister Randolph Horton last night said he would not comment on criticisms about the safety of Clearwater racing track until the report on Sunday's fatal accident was released.
But he said he hoped a new purpose-built track could be built nea...
DATE: Apr 17, 2002
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Taxpayers are out of pocket thousands of dollars as British witnesses are set to leave Bermuda - without testifying after a Supreme Court robbery trial failed to start for the second time this week.
The trial of Dean Eve and Kenneth Boyles was adjour...
DATE: Apr 17, 2002
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