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Drug dealers targeting football matches around the Island are making around $5,000 in marijuana sales alone in the first hour as the problem with narcotics in sport has reached an alarming level, a Police chief has warned.
Inspector Stuart Crockwell,...
DATE: Sep 27, 2001
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The Corporation of Hamilton is investigating an alleged prank that caused a horse to bolt along Front Street while two tourists were sitting in the buggy.
Corporation Secretary Roger Sherratt has asked City Ranger Mervin Dickinson to make inquiries a...
DATE: Sep 27, 2001
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Bermudian "attitudes" and basic skill levels must be addressed if the Island is going to maintain job levels in the coming economic downturn, a Warwick forum on employment heard last night.
And the key to minimising the number of "wall-sitters" and p...
DATE: Sep 27, 2001
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Bermuda's tourist trade was dealt another blow this week when Renaissance Cruises, which was scheduled to begin sailing to the Island next year, shut down and filed for bankruptcy.
Tourism Minister David Allen revealed last week that the company, whi...
DATE: Sep 27, 2001
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Fines and camp detentions have been handed out to soldiers caught slacking during the recent terrorist scare.
And Bermuda Regiment commander Lieutenant Colonel David Gibbons has vowed to keep a tighter reign on troops during the next call up and mete...
DATE: Sep 26, 2001
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There is no need to cut Government spending following the terrorist attack on the United States as the Government is in a strong financial position, Acting Premier Eugene Cox said yesterday.
Mr. Cox said there would be no cuts in capital project spen...
DATE: Sep 26, 2001
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Two Regiment soldiers were punished in Magistrates Court yesterday for going AWOL.
d'Angelo Shawn York, 22, of Sylvan Dell Road, Paget failed to show up for duty on 17 occasions in June, and Michael Steven Rego Souza, of Pembroke, missed 28 Regiment ...
DATE: Sep 26, 2001
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The Island will target European travellers in the next few months in a bid to turn around the huge slump in arrivals following the terrorist attacks in the United States.
Tourism Minister David Allen said European travellers were more resilient to te...
DATE: Sep 26, 2001
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Lee Heiman, president of Track Entertainment, promoters of the Bermuda Jazz Festival has not been telling the whole truth about the row over work permits for his company, according to a local production company.
"We followed all procedures in a timel...
DATE: Sep 26, 2001
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Every resident has to pull together and go the extra mile to give visitors a memorable experience if tourism is to pull through the current crisis, Bermuda Hotel Association president William (Billy) Griffith warned yesterday.
Occupancy levels are do...
DATE: Sep 26, 2001
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