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Union leaders are "actively" looking at the ramifications that Government's decision to cut off overtime pay may have on its members.
Last week, acting Finance Minister Alex Scott in a bid to save money, announced the suspension of overtime pay for a...
DATE: Oct 26, 2001
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Police have set up a 24 hour hotline for reporting suspicious packages, as part of a tightening up of procedures in the wake of a rash of suspicious package emergencies in recent days.
And from now on, not every call will get the full emergency respo...
DATE: Oct 26, 2001
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Former United States Presidential candidate Ross Perot will find out next week if he has overturned a decision by planners to refuse him permission to build a second luxury home and swimming pool.
The Texan billionaire was knocked back in July when h...
DATE: Oct 26, 2001
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A new era in Bermuda's approach to social problems was heralded yesterday as the Bermuda Assessment and Referral Centre (BARC) was officially opened by Premier Jennifer Smith.
The centre is to form the crucial link between the judiciary and drug trea...
DATE: Oct 26, 2001
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Premier Jennifer Smith will not be travelling to an upcoming IMF meeting in the Caribbean.
"They're opening some centre in the Caribbean and they've invited me but I'm not going," she said.
Last week, the premier said on VSB's late night talk show, N...
DATE: Oct 26, 2001
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Government is warning the public to heed its anti-mosquito campaign after the deadly West Nile virus reached the Caribbean and infected a man in the Cayman islands.
Householders have been asked to tip out standing water which acts as a breeding groun...
DATE: Oct 25, 2001
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With their 100th anniversary looming, the Bermuda Biological Station for Research (BBSR) is entering its second century with the hopes of keeping the marine environment clean, clear and protected.
Yesterday BBSR director, Dr. Anthony Knapp, addressed...
DATE: Oct 25, 2001
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Cablevision say it may take another week to restore service to the 350 homes still without service two weeks after storms damaged its network.
General Manager Jeremy Elmas said the firm had hired more staff to cope with repairs.
He said the storms ha...
DATE: Oct 25, 2001
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Emergency services rushed around Bermuda yesterday responding to six suspicious packages, delivered from abroad, as anthrax fear gripped the island.
But it was unclear last night if any real threat had existed and Police said responses might be chang...
DATE: Oct 25, 2001
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Restraining victim Jermaine (Red) Pitcher while Ryan Ball stabbed him to death earned Keniel Ingham 12 years in prison - two years more than Ball received for his part in the crime - after a Supreme Court jury found him guilty of manslaughter yesterd...
DATE: Oct 25, 2001
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