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The wording may not have been slurred but it didn?t altogether make sense, so a new piece of legislation to address the problem of medical practitioners being unfit for work through alcohol or drugs has been sent back by MPs to be re-drafted.
An incr...
DATE: Jun 05, 2006
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MP Ren?e Webb last night claimed that her failed bill to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation could go back before MPs this month ? if Parliament waived its own rules.
The Government backbencher told she had been advised that the draft l...
DATE: Jun 05, 2006
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Thousands of rubber ducks took to the water yesterday for a fundraising charity race.
The tenth annual Rubber Duck Derby, at Ordnance Island in St. George's, attracted more entries than ever and raised at least $120,000 for Agape House Hospice. Organ...
DATE: Jun 05, 2006
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Minister of the Environment Neletha Butterfield has called on the people of Bermuda to recognise World Environment Day today.
In a statement to the House on Friday, she explained that the purpose of the day is to focus worldwide attention on environm...
DATE: Jun 05, 2006
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Looking after the up-keep and maintenance of Bermuda's three public golf courses is to be switched from the Ministry of Works and Engineering to the Tourism Ministry.
The condition of the courses had been deteriorating for years and it is time to try...
DATE: Jun 05, 2006
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If MPs were in any doubt about the message campaigners were hammering home at yesterday's protest, a quick glance at several of the banners floating through the air swiftly removed any uncertainty.
"Shhh. Our MPs are speaking"; "Pay increase to the f...
DATE: Jun 03, 2006
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Royal Gazette summer students Nadia Arandjelovic, Mikaela Cannonier and Meghan Jones posed as students for the day and participated in National Youth Tourism Day. Sporting T-shirts of pink, blue and yellow they experienced the different groups? activ...
DATE: Jun 03, 2006
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Minister of Labour and Home Affairs Randy Horton signalled his support for new Regiment Commanding Officer William White in the wake of criticism of his appointment from fellow Minister David Burch.
Sen. Burch sparked controversy on Wednesday when he...
DATE: Jun 03, 2006
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Investors will put in $1.6 billion into hotels in the future and the Minister of Tourism stressed to students the need for locals to be running them.
Dr. Ewart Brown spread the news at the National Youth Tourism Day ? and local students applauded the...
DATE: Jun 03, 2006
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The high drama outside the House had some politicians paying scant attention to the more mundane affairs of state in the run-up to the lunch break.
The only reference to the pro-democracy rally during the morning session was from Ren?ee Webb who made...
DATE: Jun 03, 2006
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