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Blame for Bermuda's inflated housing prices can be pinned on the international real estate franchise Coldwell Banker, said MP Derrick Burgess last Friday night in the House of Assembly.
With skyrocketing prices in real estate, Bermuda will suffer a “...
DATE: Jul 21, 2004
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Legislators approved long awaited regulations for the four year old National Pension Scheme.
But there are hundreds of employers already flouting the law which provides for private occupational pension plans for Bermudians, Finance Minister Paula Cox...
DATE: Jul 21, 2004
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Opposition MP John Barritt this week spoke out against MPs who voted in the debate on GPS despite having a direct financial interest in the taxi industry.
?It?s wrong. In fact, I think that?s unconscionable,? Mr. Barritt said. The Opposition House Le...
DATE: Jul 21, 2004
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Visitor arrivals for May were behind last year, but Government blamed the drop on fewer rooms being available due to Hurricane Fabian damage.
Overall arrivals were down 4.3 percent on May last year at 64,078, and for the year to date numbers are off ...
DATE: Jul 21, 2004
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In July last year revealed how John Jefferis managed to save himself millions of dollars by radically renegotiating the terms of a lease to run Government-owned Stonington Beach Hotel after he was selected.
Under the deal, Mr. Jefferis got the lease ...
DATE: Jul 21, 2004
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Absentee balloting could have made a critical difference to the outcome of the last General Election, according to Opposition Leader Grant Gibbons.
Premier Alex Scott promised that a number of long awaited legislation ? including bills providing for ...
DATE: Jul 21, 2004
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Police sounded a warning about criminals from America and the Caribbean targeting Bermuda as crime went up slightly up in the second quarter of 2004.
Police Commissioner Jonathan Smith said links had been fostered with American Police forces as well ...
DATE: Jul 21, 2004
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Regarded as one of the ruling party's brightest, and most volatile, sparks, former Tourism Minister Renee Webb first entered parliament in the October 1993 General Election.
She was appointed E-commerce and Telecommunications Minister when the Progre...
DATE: Jul 21, 2004
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Hundreds of passengers fell violently sick as their Bermuda-bound cruise ships were pounded by 15 foot waves during a fierce storm.
The Norwegian Crown and Norwegian Majesty were tossed about mercilessly as the winds struck in the middle of Monday ni...
DATE: Jul 21, 2004
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Police Commissioner Jonathan Smith has not ruled out taking deserting officers to court again, despite losing last week's attempted prosecution.
P.c. Rickie Joseph was arrested him as he was about to flee the Island but the case was kicked out by Sen...
DATE: Jul 21, 2004
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