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time this month.
The latest hold-up followed a proposed amendment to the legislation by Independent Senator Alf Oughton.
It was agreed he should seek legal advice on the wording of his amendment.
Government senators had protested the wording was "amb...
DATE: Mar 15, 1994
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Bermuda Investment Advisory Services (BIAS) challenged a ruling that stamp duty on over-the-counter stock trades can be charged against independent brokers while exempting trades on the Bermuda Stock Exchange by the banks.
BIAS, represented by lawyer...
DATE: Mar 15, 1994
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division is the latest round in the long-running dispute between the BIU and the Hotel Employers of Bermuda. Here, the The Royal Gazette reviews the long history of the contract talks.
A four-year contract between hoteliers and the Bermuda Industrial...
DATE: Mar 15, 1994
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BIU president Mr. Ottiwell Simmons MP said the vote will be called because of frustration over a gratuities dispute with hoteliers and Government's lack of action to settle it.
He said he anticipated the workers would strike in April if they put it t...
DATE: Mar 15, 1994
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downplay.
Sir John's son and estate executor Mr. William Cox, three grandsons, one granddaughter, and one daughter-in-law are listed as plaintiffs in the court action. The two other executors -- son Mr. Harry Cox, and Sir John's widow, Lady Joan Mait...
DATE: Mar 14, 1994
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At the objections tribunal into the Bermuda Plan, the Trust has asked that the zoning of the islands be changed to make them nature reserves.
The Planning Department has zoned the islands as green space which means limited development would be allowe...
DATE: Mar 14, 1994
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While vacationing in Bermuda last October, 11-year-old Philip Jakeway of Eastchester, New York threw the bottle containing a message into the ocean off Tucker's Town.
Philip was in Bermuda with his parents, celebrating their anniversary.
He spent mos...
DATE: Mar 14, 1994
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This newspaper should probably be grateful for the attack. For far too long we have suffered unjustified slings and arrows from those who claim we are the mouthpiece, and worse, of the UBP. This weekend's UBP VIEW was put out by the UBP office and pr...
DATE: Mar 14, 1994
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Authorities at a checkpoint between Austria and Italy refused to recognise his Bermuda passport -- and even tried to confiscate it.
Because of the hold-up, an eight-hour trip home turned into a 25-hour ordeal, including panic-stricken train and taxi ...
DATE: Mar 14, 1994
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The Bermuda national cricket squad, just back from Kenya after placing fourth in the ICC tournament, was also congratulated.
But on a sad note, Sen. Yvette Swan (UBP) asked that condolences be sent to the family of the Island's fifth road traffic fat...
DATE: Mar 14, 1994
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