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Progressive Labour Party veteran Lois Browne Evans yesterday said the controversial decision to call for a boycott of the Island's referendum on Independence was the right course to take.
Mrs. Browne Evans said: "I think it was the best thing still -...
DATE: Feb 22, 1999
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A 44-year-old St. George's woman allegedly assaulted and threatened a pair of students at the CedarBridge Academy on Friday afternoon.
A Police spokeswoman said the incident apparently stemmed from a conflict between the 17-year-old girls ...
DATE: Feb 22, 1999
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ERROR RG P4 24.2.1999 A report in Monday's newspaper stated that $42.68 million had been allocated to fund Police recruitment and training in this year's Budget. The figure earmarked for the recruitment drive is in fact $2.68 million.
Friday's Budge...
DATE: Feb 22, 1999
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nabbed by dock officials yesterday.
The seven, all young males from the Dominican Republic and Haiti, were spotted as they disembarked from The Brilliant Star which arrived at Hamilton's Number Seven Dock from Haiti.
A Police spokesman confirmed that...
DATE: Feb 22, 1999
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Police suspect arson in a midnight blaze at the Harrington Sound Primary School which resulted in a quarter-of-a-million dollars worth of damage.
A spokesman for the Bermuda Fire Service yesterday told The Royal Gazette five emergency vehicles, 16 pe...
DATE: Feb 22, 1999
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In support of the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure 1999/2000 Presented by The Hon. C. Eugene Cox, J.P., M.P., Minister of Finance To His Honour the Speaker and Members of the Honourable House of Assembly Mr. Speaker, It is with great humility ...
DATE: Feb 20, 1999
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It should assure confidence in the business sector in that it does not raise taxes and can be considered to be business-friendly. At the same time it promises prudent investment in some of the social needs of the community, especially in housing, edu...
DATE: Feb 20, 1999
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Drugs Court Twice-a-week trash pick-up By Raymond Hainey The PLP's debut Budget has increased spending by $17 million -- but with no increases in major taxes.
And Finance Minister Eugene Cox said the Budget -- which broke through the half-billion...
DATE: Feb 20, 1999
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Details of Revenue Projections Mr. Speaker, our pre-election platform was quite specific in stating that a Progressive Labour Party Government will not introduce income tax. In various statements to the media and to the Chamber of Commerce I have al...
DATE: Feb 20, 1999
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The Progressive Labour Party's landmark Budget has leapt to the assistance of the Island's struggling tourism industry with a $2.5 million cash boost.
Finance Minister Eugene Cox told the House of Assembly yesterday that his colleague, Tourism Minist...
DATE: Feb 20, 1999
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