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The number of commercial licences to catch spiny lobsters have been slashed this year and there will be fewer traps for inshore areas as Government seeks to save falling stocks.
Commercial fishermen can apply for licences from today until 5 p.m. on A...
DATE: Aug 01, 2001
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Bermuda has been chosen as one of just 20 countries worldwide to participate in new study which hopes to identify whether diabetes is a preventable disease.
Two hundred people are being sought locally to join a total of 4,000 across the globe who wil...
DATE: Aug 01, 2001
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An oversight by the Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to file an application for an extension within the allotted time resulted in a dismissal in Magistrates' Court this week.
Michael Edinholm, representing the US based telecommunications compa...
DATE: Aug 01, 2001
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Local Internet service providers said yesterday their systems were safeguarded against the Code Red Internet worm threat.
Logic Communications, the Island's largest provider of Internet access and host of local websites, said it downloaded a patch to...
DATE: Aug 01, 2001
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Longbird Bridge may be closed to marine traffic over the Cup Match holiday despite a recent refit.
Works and Engineering Minister Alex Scott told The Royal Gazette that the east end bridge had been undergoing repairs after problems were discovered ab...
DATE: Aug 01, 2001
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Bermuda's consumers need to know their rights and not fear to call on Government when it comes to dealing with businesses that deliver faulty products and bad customer service.
And according to the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA), businesses whi...
DATE: Aug 01, 2001
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A second massive Blue Marlin was caught off Bermuda last Friday morning in what is believed to be the first time two fish weighing more than 1,000 pounds have been caught here on the same day.
The Royal Gazette reported on Saturday that retired Bank ...
DATE: Aug 01, 2001
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Transport Minister Dr. Ewart Brown has reassured motorists with older vehicles that they will not be driven off the road by new clean air measures which MPs have passed.
Dr. Brown said special provisions would be made for older cars and bikes which d...
DATE: Aug 01, 2001
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Bermuda last year saw a sharp increase in the number of dog attacks and incidents around the Island, the latest Government figures have revealed.
The number of incidents reported to dog wardens and animal welfare officers shot up by 35 percent on the...
DATE: Jul 30, 2001
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Government should make public the investment allocations and performance of the $1 billion in public funds - most of it pension funds - that is being invested, said the Opposition United Bermuda Party in Friday's House session.
Finance Minister Eugen...
DATE: Jul 30, 2001
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