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Overcharged batteries are to blame for the release of toxic fumes in the Bank of Bermuda's Compass Point building.
Fourteen firefighters in three appliances went to the entrance of the underground parking lot on Gorham Road shortly after 12.20 p.m. y...
DATE: Aug 22, 2000
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every day throws up grim choices on how to spend precious cash.
This year the Government has set up mandatory private pension schemes in which both employees and employers chip in to tackle poverty in old age.
But for many of today's seniors struggli...
DATE: Aug 22, 2000
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the railway trail in Southampton after a landslide destroyed the trail two years ago. From left to right: Roy Williams, Project Director; Alex Scott, Minister of Works and Engineering; Kelly Harris, Trainee Engineer; Roland Hill, Supervisor; Candy Le...
DATE: Aug 22, 2000
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The Minister of Finance announced a two cents a litre drop this month, bringing the price down to $1.23.1. In June gas cost $1.28 a litre. But diesel has risen in price, up 0.3 cents a litre to $1, and kerosene went up in August by 1.2 cents to 79.7 ...
DATE: Aug 22, 2000
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Bermuda will spend the next-six-and-a-half years in prison after being arrested by customs officers.
Jaha Akilly Mallory, 58, also known as Cock Saunders, was stopped at Bermuda International Airport after arriving on a flight from London in January....
DATE: Aug 22, 2000
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criticised for the absence of any recommendations for the size of the House of Assembly.
There are other omissions as well.
There have been some claims made that Bermuda is over-governed, because it has 13 Cabinet Ministers and 40 MPs, a relatively l...
DATE: Aug 22, 2000
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the Legislature by The Hon. Jennifer M. Smith, J.P., M.P. Premier of Bermuda, August 18, 2000.
*** Rule 140 of The Laws of the Bermuda Company, promulgated in 1622, provided that "the Governor shall once, in every second year, hold a General Assembl...
DATE: Aug 22, 2000
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how many elderly people are forced to live in poverty in order to pay for rocketing prices in medication. Seniors hit by financially crippling medicine costs can look forward to cheaper medicine under proposals put forward by consultants and backed b...
DATE: Aug 22, 2000
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The cost of postage is set to increase by five cents in an effort to reduce the post office's $1.2 million deficit.
The Senate approved the 12 percent postage increase in an amendment to the Post Office regulations yesterday, the first increase in fo...
DATE: Aug 22, 2000
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Bermudians turned down for the Police because they failed their fitness tests are angry that overseas recruits who did not pass the exam are being allowed on the streets, an MP has warned.
Shadow Home Affairs Minister Michael Dunkley said Police Comm...
DATE: Aug 22, 2000
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