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Assaults on inmates and prison officers have soared, according to statistics released in the Budget.
It revealed inmate on inmate violence had gone from 14 to 22 a year while assaults on officers had more than doubled to nine in 2003.
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DATE: Mar 01, 2004
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Premier Alex Scott's call for a national discussion on Independence is an "old political trick" of distracting the country from poor performance, says Trevor Moniz .
And the Premier, as a "compromise" leader of the ruling party, had to eventually ass...
DATE: Mar 01, 2004
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More than 2,000 TV viewers have applied to get a free trial of World on Wireless (WOW) new 114-channel satellite service.
WOW boss Gavin Wilson said he was very encouraged because 2,000 subscribers is the first year target as WOW bid to capture 20 pe...
DATE: Mar 01, 2004
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Former Mayor of Hamilton William Boyle was accused on Friday of being used as a "mule" to allow a non-Bermudian to acquire a luxury home through a "sham" trust.
The allegation came from Acting Director of Public Prosecutions Kulandra Ratneser during ...
DATE: Mar 01, 2004
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Winds force cancellation of flights to Island
Saturday's gale force winds caused the cancellation of two airlines.
Bermuda International Airport general manager James Howes said the Delta flight, out of Atlanta, and the Continental flight, from Newar...
DATE: Mar 01, 2004
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Premier Alex Scott yesterday called on the country to enter into a national discussion on Independence.
In the most substantive statement by a Progressive Labour Party (PLP) Premier on the subject to date, Mr. Scott urged people on the extremes of th...
DATE: Mar 01, 2004
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Shadow Home Affairs Minister attacked Government's handling of the Berkeley issue in Parliament on Friday night.
He said it had failed to give contractor Pro-Active adequate support.
"They have put at risk black contractors' reputations for two gener...
DATE: Mar 01, 2004
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Gay unions of any kind are not on the agenda at the Ministry of Health and Family Services in the foreseeable future.
And Family Services Minister Patrice Minors said she did not believe a family with two gay parents was representative of a family ba...
DATE: Feb 28, 2004
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Bermuda made headlines in Biloxi yesterday thanks to the growing interest in legalising casinos on the Island.
Corporation of Hamilton Alderman Reginald Minors and Mayor Lawson Mapp toured the Mississippi city on Thursday with Michael Cavanaugh, a Bi...
DATE: Feb 28, 2004
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Recent wet weather has created an ideal breeding climate for potentially lethal mosquitoes Health Minister Patrice Minors warned yesterday.
She urged residents to regularly remove standing water which mosquitoes need to breed.
Minister Minors pointed...
DATE: Feb 28, 2004
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