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Government may increase rents paid to landlords who loan their houses to Government but it is lukewarm on extending rent control.
Housing Minister Ashfield Devent said on Monday that Government will take a fresh look at the Island's soaring rents.
Th...
DATE: Mar 04, 2004
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Corin Smith, the Opposition candidate for today's Sandys North by-election was yesterday accused of plagiarism and "misrepresenting the facts" by the Progressive Labour Party.
Mr. Smith denies the charge. He simply shared many aspects of the vision f...
DATE: Mar 04, 2004
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Providing jobs for Bermudians was the most important part of a recent ?fact-finding mission? to casino-filled Biloxi, Mississippi, claimed Hamilton Mayor Lawson Mapp.
?The top thing is jobs, jobs, jobs ? the employment opportunities for Bermudians,? ...
DATE: Mar 04, 2004
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Bermudian Glenn Jones has been rated as one of Boston's most eligible bachelors, according to the tabloid 'The Improper Bostonian'.
Mr. Jones, 26, is a field reporter for Boston's Fox 25 morning news show.
He was nominated by a friend after he flippe...
DATE: Mar 04, 2004
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There was confusion in the House of Assembly last night when Speaker Stanley Lowe mistakenly voted with the Opposition on a tied vote.
Mr. Lowe went with the United Bermuda Party after MPs were tied 14-14 after a name call vote on a bill to set aside...
DATE: Mar 04, 2004
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Senators yesterday approved a bill which strengthens the ability of the Bermuda Monetary Authority to regulate the Island?s financial service sector.
The purpose of the bill, entitled Bermuda Monetary Authority Amendment Act 2004, was to set a defini...
DATE: Mar 04, 2004
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Government has identified potential private sector partners who will fund the initial building of a replacement for the Causeway, Premier Alex Scott said last night.
Mr. Scott told MPs Government was "already down the road" of doing a feasibility stu...
DATE: Mar 04, 2004
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Legal aid money paid to lawyers doubled from $700,000 to $1.4 million in the last current year due to a hike in fees, Deputy Premier Ewart Brown said yesterday.
Speaking in the Budget debate on the Justice Department, Dr. Brown said the courts collec...
DATE: Mar 04, 2004
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Ruling party candidate Michael Scott is ?quietly confident of a good turnout for the party and my candidacy? in today?s Sandys North by-election. But the Opposition candidate, Corin Smith, is expecting a backlash effect from the supporters of the Pro...
DATE: Mar 04, 2004
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Government is rejecting the referendum as a means of determining the will of the people when it comes to constitutional change, but is committed to engaging the public in open and frank discussion.
According to the Government's submission on future c...
DATE: Mar 04, 2004
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