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"almost full''. Hotels got their annual boost in bookings over the Thanksgiving weekend this year. Occupancy levels varied widely hoteliers said, with hotels and guest houses either half full or completely booked up.
Traditionally hoteliers look forw...
DATE: Nov 28, 1994
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Shadow Minister for Legislative Affairs Mrs. Browne Evans asked about the legal responsibilities involved should a prisoner escape to the United States where she said some police officers have a "shoot first, ask questions later mentality''.
Mrs. Bro...
DATE: Nov 28, 1994
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Young Bermudians are getting confused signals from Members of Parliament because too much time is devoted to partisan bickering, Premier the Hon. Sir John Swan said on Friday night.
His comments came during the final stage of the House of Assembly's ...
DATE: Nov 28, 1994
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The Independence issue can help the United Bermuda Party win re-election, says the party's American pollster.
Dr. Douglas Schoen, a partner in Penn & Schoen and the UBP's pollster for the last 16 years, said 85 to 90 percent of Bermudians want more i...
DATE: Nov 28, 1994
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knifepoint last year, was jailed on Friday for seven years.
Marvin Woolridge apologised to the court for the February, 1993 Railway Trail robbery in which he held a knife to a man's throat.
"It was a spur of the moment act,'' he told Puisne Judge the...
DATE: Nov 28, 1994
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fury in the House of Assembly.
Shadow Youth Minister Dr. Ewart Brown said Government's approach smacked of colonialism and the need to punish.
"This is a birch parking system,'' he scoffed, taking a swipe at proposed $30-a-day penalties for illegal p...
DATE: Nov 28, 1994
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employers will be able to entice unrepresented groups into the workplace.
The new bill, entitled the Human Rights Amendment Act 1994, would, if passed, allow employers to redress obvious racial and gender imbalances in their workplace.
Currently, an ...
DATE: Nov 28, 1994
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The Finance Minister's upbeat description of Bermuda's economy was decried as overly rosy by the Opposition on Friday.
Both Shadow Tourism Minister Mr. David Allen and Shadow Finance Minister Mr.
Eugene Cox took Finance Minister the Hon. David Saul t...
DATE: Nov 28, 1994
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Bermuda's economy is in good shape, Finance Minister the Hon. David Saul told the House of Assembly yesterday.
"Provided Bermudians continue to work together and there is continued moderation in prices charged, or margins set, and in wage negotiation...
DATE: Nov 26, 1994
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Homeless men were happy to put hard earned dollars in their pockets last week after spending a few hours passing buckets of concrete.
Building contractor Mr. Wilfred Smith decided to take on the ten homeless men he calls the "Bucket Brigade'' to help...
DATE: Nov 26, 1994
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