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A former Commissioner has questioned why the annual Police budget had jumped by $10 million since 1995 but there were now less officers.
Former Commissioner Lenny Edwards told The Royal Gazette that on his retirement in March 1995 -- due to cancer --...
DATE: Jan 28, 1999
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zero-tolerance policy on drinking and driving has helped bring the problem of road safety very sharply into focus.
There is no question that alcohol and other substances are a significant cause of road traffic accidents and reckless driving.
Nor is t...
DATE: Jan 28, 1999
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The head of Bermuda's Youth Counselling Services yesterday warned against seeking quick-fix solutions for high school drug abuse.
In survey results released last week by the National Drug Commission, a majority of young people who used marijuana or a...
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Bermuda Customs have landed a unique agreement with British Airways for a joint crusade against drug smuggling.
The two organisations are to sign a special Memorandum of Understanding -- a coalition to crack down on international traffickers.
And the...
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Jersey and Guernsey have submitted their cases to the European Union (EU) for not being considered "harmful tax regimes''.
Jersey's arguments have been reported in the financial Press. Guernsey is understood to have made very similar representations....
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corridors of power.
And he called on the UK Government to help Bermuda's tourism industry take off again by arranging more flights direct from Europe to the Island.
Lord Ashley added that reversing the decline in tourism is a Bermuda Government job -...
DATE: Jan 28, 1999
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Labour government.
Last autumn, the European Union issued a draft directive proposing to charge withholding tax on all interest payments to non-EU residents.
Almost immediately after the directive was issued, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said he...
DATE: Jan 28, 1999
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Milton Scott yesterday.
And Sen. Scott said compulsory seatbelt wearing in a bid to cut the roads death toll should also be considered.
He said: "Zero tolerance is something we should at least discuss -- I know in some jurisdictions, especially Canad...
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
will end with Bermuda saying goodbye to the rest of the world.
At 8 p.m. local time, Harbour Radio will join stations across the globe in signing off in Morse Code -- for the last time ever with their 30-year-old "tapper''.
Morse has been in constant...
DATE: Jan 27, 1999
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