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Twenty young people whose formal education could have ended a year ago will be staying on at school thanks to a successful Bermuda College programme.
The College Discovery programme -- also called the Best Steps Programme -- was initially set up to p...
DATE: Jul 06, 1998
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overseas investors to buy a larger share of Bermuda's biggest bank.
Speaker of the House Ernest DeCouto ruled on Friday that no MP with shares in the bank could vote.
Previously, Parliamentary convention was that shareholdings had to be significant, ...
DATE: Jul 06, 1998
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Concert promoters could be allowed to stage shows until 3 a.m. in a new Government review of events in public parks.
Youth and Sport Minister John Barritt promised action after Spanish Point Park hosted a huge concert to protest against the 1 a.m. cu...
DATE: Jul 06, 1998
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Plans to give the Court Street area a face-lift may come at too high a price for some North Hamilton merchants.
A number of shop owners fear rents will skyrocket once the Corporation of Hamilton (COH) completes plans to revitalise North Hamilton.
Pla...
DATE: Jul 06, 1998
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is set to spring into action.
The committee -- introduced as a liaison between Police and the community -- have organised a clean-up of areas considered to be home to illegal activities.
On Saturday all members of the community are invited to help at...
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Pembroke creek.
A Police spokesperson said Police were called to the Mill Creek area around 10 a.m. on Friday after someone complained about pollution in the creek.
A large amount of light-coloured liquid was discovered naturally seeping into the cre...
DATE: Jul 06, 1998
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been warned: "Stay indoors -- your lives depend on it.'' Almost 2,000 fires have scorched nearly half a million acres in central and northeast Florida.
More than 100,000 people have been evacuated -- spending the Independence Day holiday in shelters...
DATE: Jul 06, 1998
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Despite low May hotel occupancy figures, Tourism Minister David Dodwell predicted that the trend for overall hotel occupancy was on the upswing.
But neither Mr. Dodwell nor Bermuda Hotel Association (BHA) Executive Vice President John Harvey were abl...
DATE: Jul 06, 1998
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the Investment Business Act 1998.
Finance Minister Dr. Grant Gibbons said the move would help secure Bermuda as a sound financial centre, protect investors and would help the Island meet international standards.
Dr. Gibbons said the bill contained me...
DATE: Jul 06, 1998
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assaulting a woman outside a Hamilton nightclub.
A Police spokesperson said a 21-year-old woman was confronted by the suspect when she was leaving the Front Street nightclub.
The woman alleged that the teen attacked her -- pulling her hair, smashing ...
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