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Senate President Alf Oughton has urged Health Minister Nelson Bascome to urgently tackle the rising cost of healthcare on the Island.
Speaking in the Senate last week he said in the he was becoming increasingly concerned about the price of medical co...
DATE: Nov 26, 2001
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Seventy percent of prisoners arriving at Westgate test positive for drugs, according to Labour and Home Affairs Minister Terry Lister.
And Government is now set to introduce further steps in a bid to stem the flow of drugs at the prison facility.
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DATE: Nov 26, 2001
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The trial of two men accused of animal cruelty to nearly 150 farm animals was adjourned on Friday, with a Magistrate hearing a grim account of what a leading vet witnessed on the property.
Co-accused Antoine Sealy, 32, from Smith's Parish and Glen Pa...
DATE: Nov 26, 2001
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A public awareness campaign is to be launched in the new year plugging the importance of Bermuda's biological diversity, new Environment Minister Dennis Lister said on Friday.
Promotional messages will be played on TV, radio and at the cinema while t...
DATE: Nov 26, 2001
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With the third aspect of the lower court system finally up and running, official appointments have been made of the judges who will sit on the bench of Drug Treatment Court proceedings.
And one of the appointed judges is hoping for big successes with...
DATE: Nov 26, 2001
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The Bermuda Weather service issued a gale warning for today as Subtropical Storm two ground its way towards the Island.
The storm is a potential threat to Bermuda, with maximum sustained winds of 60 knots, gusting to 75 knots.
Its closest point of ap...
DATE: Nov 26, 2001
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Government is to sanction the introduction of bigger taxis, Transport Minister Dr. Ewart Brown revealed last night.
Dr. Brown said the bigger vehicles were needed because people were arriving with more luggage.
He said: "I have heard complaints about...
DATE: Nov 26, 2001
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Out of almost 300 entries into this year's Tom Pettit Thanksgiving Essay Competition for schools less than ten came from the public sector.
Despite a high number of entries from CedarBridge Academy and Berkeley Institute in the past, students at the ...
DATE: Nov 26, 2001
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PLP backbencher Delaey Robinson has floated the idea of income tax being on the Government's agenda in the next election.
Mr. Robinson was speaking in the House of Assembly on Friday during debate on the Payroll Tax Rates (Special Provisions) Act 200...
DATE: Nov 26, 2001
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Government is to bring forward the introduction of payroll tax relief to some unspecified date before January 1 - essentially accepting a plea from the United Bermuda Party in its Throne Speech reply to help businesses in this current quarter rather ...
DATE: Nov 24, 2001
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