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Bermuda residents needing visas to enter Britain must apply to the British Consulate General in New York from March 1.
Government House said this week applications in Bermuda would no longer be handled by the Department of Immigration.
The change was...
DATE: Jan 21, 2004
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Former charity chief Gordon Johnson has been appointed as executive officer of the United Bermuda Party.
Mr. Johnson will be responsible for the administration of the UBP's central office and for developing the party's branches.
UBP Leader Grant Gibb...
DATE: Jan 21, 2004
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The National Drug Commission faces a cash crunch in next month?s Budget as it battles to replace lost charity dollars.
Former partner the Council Partners Charitable Trust has closed its operations meaning new money must be found for organisations wh...
DATE: Jan 21, 2004
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A 20-year-old man was discharged yesterday because two Police witnesses did not show up for his Magistrates? Court trial.
Kyhon Smith, 20, of Sylvan Dell Road, Paget was charged with throwing a glass bottle on November 11, 2003.
Smith came to court i...
DATE: Jan 21, 2004
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A local accounting firm has agreed to outline a feasibility study on Bermuda?s rest homes, according to Age Concern director Claudette Fleming.
The study will determine the amount of public help needed to keep homes open in the long-run, specifying f...
DATE: Jan 21, 2004
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Government will hold a Press conference today on the fate of this year's Annual Exhibition. A statement was sent out on Monday announcing the conference would be held today at 11 a.m. at the Visitors' Service Centre in the Botanical Gardens, where th...
DATE: Jan 21, 2004
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Child advocate SheelaghCooper has called for radical changes in the handling of sexual and physical abuse cases involving youngsters.
Ms Cooper has long expressed frustration about the way such cases are handled with many being thrown out.
She said: ...
DATE: Jan 21, 2004
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The trial of a Jamaican accused of importing $1.8 million of heroin was delayed yesterday as his lawyer argued the hearing was unconstitutional.
Last month Assistant Justice Philip Storr ruled Andrew Hall's rights had been violated because his trial ...
DATE: Jan 21, 2004
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A distraught 84-year-old woman told yesterday how she is being driven from Bermuda by soaring rents.
Winifred Dodd, a status Bermudian, is now struggling to get 50 years of her life packed into two trunks by tomorrow.
?I am very bewildered. I can?t s...
DATE: Jan 21, 2004
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Government is on track with introducing new laws to address the Island's wild cat problem ? and earning fresh kudos from environmental groups.
Entitled the Cats Bill, the legislation will provide for a programme of licensing and registration of domes...
DATE: Jan 21, 2004
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