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A bill to give seniors land tax breaks on homes with an annual rental value of more than $90,000 was passed by MPs last night.
Finance Minister Eugene Cox said 86 people would be affected by the Act which will come into operation on July 1.
He said t...
DATE: Mar 05, 2002
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It would seem that Spring is certainly on its way after two separate sightings of Longtails were reported last week.
One woman said her father saw three Longtails flying together at Harman's Bay in Somerset at about 8.30 a.m. on Wednesday
At about 11...
DATE: Mar 05, 2002
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Allegations of corruption at the Bermuda Housing Corporation (BHC) ripped across the floor of Parliament yesterday.
BHC was called "the Enron of Bermuda" as the Opposition made allegations that some BHC staff are taking kickbacks and accepting cash g...
DATE: Mar 05, 2002
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Road Safety Council chairman Dr. Joseph Froncioni has called for higher penalties for bus and taxi operators caught drink driving.
Last week taxi driver Sheridan Michael Castle was given the standard penalty of $1,000 and banned from the road for a y...
DATE: Mar 05, 2002
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March is Nutrition Month and the Bermuda Dieticians Association kicked it off with a luncheon at the House of Assembly on Friday.
The lunch was prepared by the Bermuda Chefs Association.
During the month many of the local supermarkets will feature ma...
DATE: Mar 05, 2002
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Associate membership of Caricom offers a number of practical benefits, including sharing educational resources and providing catastrophe risk insurance to the region, an audience was told at a forum last night.
And, according to Government Senator Ca...
DATE: Mar 05, 2002
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Bermudians who now take up their British passports owe a debt of gratitude to the "Magnificent Seven" United Bermuda Party rebels who stood up against moves towards independence, one of the group claimed yesterday.
Maverick UBP MP Trevor Moniz said i...
DATE: Mar 04, 2002
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New initiatives announced by Tourism Minister David Allen on Monday have received a generally favourable response from the hotel and business community.
Tourism is opening a new office in Washington D.C. to drum up conference business and develop the...
DATE: Mar 04, 2002
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Police and the Prisons department are searching for a Pembroke man who has not returned to the Prison Farm after being daytime work release.
Thirty-six year-old Shannon Leroy Tuzo was sentenced to prison for failure to pay traffic fines. He was being...
DATE: Mar 04, 2002
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An 18-year-old man was clinging to life in King Edward VII Memorial Hospital last night after an early morning bike crash Sunday in Somerset.
The Royal Gazette was told the young man is on a ventilator and remained critical condition in the intensive...
DATE: Mar 04, 2002
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