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Advertisements for the Police Commissioner's $130,000-a-year post will be placed next month as the hunt for Jonathan Smith's replacement begins.
Mr. Smith steps down in December after five years in the job.
Deputy Commissioner George Jackson and Assi...
DATE: Jul 26, 2005
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Health Minister Patrice Minors released an update on her plans to help safeguard the health of Bermudians.
In the House of Assembly on Friday, Ms Minors noted that a Bermuda Health Council has been formed to oversee health issues on the Island. But s...
DATE: Jul 26, 2005
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Plans to move the National Drug Commission (NDC) to the Health Ministry met strong opposition in the Senate yesterday.
But despite the protest, the National Drug Commission Repeal Act 2005 passed.
UBP Sen. Bob Richards said it was clear the repeal wa...
DATE: Jul 26, 2005
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All the cruise ships currently under contract to Bermuda will be sold or retired within three to five years.
The newer ships replacing these are longer, wider and carry more passengers and the greatest challenge facing Government is the ability of St...
DATE: Jul 26, 2005
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Police are responding to a machete fight involving four men that spilled out of a supermarket parking lot onto a public street on Saturday.
?It appears that a group of males got into a confrontation where weapons were brandished,? Police spokesman Dw...
DATE: Jul 26, 2005
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Cabinet today will review the results of the Housing Survey which Housing Minister Ashfield DeVent plans to use as a benchmark to ease the demand for affordable housing in Bermuda.
Although Mr. DeVent declined to give specific information on the surv...
DATE: Jul 26, 2005
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Government Senate Leader and Attorney General Larry Mussenden said that the current penalties for drug abuse are not sufficient because drugs are still being imported to the Island.
The Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act was brought to the Senate yesterda...
DATE: Jul 26, 2005
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A weakened Tropical Storm Franklin remains a threat to Bermuda but had stalled some 260 miles off Bermuda last night.
Franklin had not moved in 24 hours, Bermuda Weather Service meteorologist Ian Currie said last night and will not get as close to Be...
DATE: Jul 26, 2005
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Visitor arrivals are up 5.5 percent while air arrivals increased 3.9 percent in the second quarter, according to figures released by Minister of Tourism and Transport Ewart Brown yesterday.
There were 178,113 visitors to the Island between April and ...
DATE: Jul 26, 2005
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Power was restored to businesses at the weekend in Ships Wharf, St. David?s after the blaze at Belco disrupted its operations.
Belco communications officer Susan McGrath-Smith said: ?We were able to free up crews over the weekend to go to St. David?s...
DATE: Jul 26, 2005
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