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Rents will not be reduced at properties coming under rent control in 2005, but rent increases at those properties will be regulated from now on, Housing Minister Ashfield DeVent said yesterday.
Rent increases are not necessarily being refused at rent...
DATE: Dec 14, 2004
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Government is to seek actuarial advice on the state of the pension fund for Government employees which has a large unfunded liability.
Finance Minister Paula Cox also revealed on Friday that the Public Service Superannuation Fund's (PSSF) assets slum...
DATE: Dec 14, 2004
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A bill abolishing special juries, passed in the Senate yesterday, is just the first in a line of measures to update Bermuda?s legal system said Attorney General Senator Larry Mussenden.
The Opposition in the House of Assembly had claimed the bill was...
DATE: Dec 14, 2004
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Two-stroke motorbikes will be banned by law on New Year?s Day, TCD said yesterday.
The Transport Control Department (TCD) yesterday warned bike shops to not bring in any more two-stroke motorcycles (over 50 cc) ?without a permit from the Minister of ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2004
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Over 50 young people were awarded Duke of Edinburgh Awards yesterday at ACE, including five people receiving the top Gold award.
Governor Sir John Vereker was on hand to present the students with their prestigious awards ? 34 students received Bronze...
DATE: Dec 14, 2004
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A man who took responsibility for an old stash of drugs he claimed his brother had forgotten about was fined $5,000 in the Supreme Court yesterday.
Rodney Craig Simmons, 32, of Tribe Road, Warwick pleaded guilty to possessing 44.89 grams of cannabis ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2004
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Tradesmen will have to get new NTB certificates by April 2005 or face $10,000 fines under legislation passed in the Senate yesterday.
The National Occupational Certification Act 2004 was introduced to the Senate by yesterday.
Under this Act, all work...
DATE: Dec 14, 2004
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A heroin addict?s emotional plea for mercy fell on deaf ears on Friday as a judge jailed the man for eight years for possession with intent to supply.
Calvin St. Clair Edwards, 46, of Tankard Lane, Sandys, pleaded guilty in October to the charge, and...
DATE: Dec 14, 2004
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More than 500 people have already taken forms to enter the draw for budget homes to be built in Southside. And about 100 Bermudians visited an open house on Thursday evening to learn more about the Harbourside Village project.
Harbourside Village is ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2004
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Despite vocal reservations about restrictions on the Ombudsman to investigate Cabinet Ministers, the Opposition and Independent senators allowed the Ombudsman Act to pass unopposed yesterday.
The exemption of Ministers and Junior Ministers from the O...
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