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While he was ?encouraged? that Government and Police had reached an agreement on pay issues, Shadow Home Affairs and Public Safety Minister Maxwell Burgess said more needed to be done to address the manpower shortage handicapping Bermuda?s Police for...
DATE: Nov 24, 2003
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One of the largest parties in Bermuda?s history may inspire a shot in the arm for the ailing tourism industry.
More than 700 guests attended a lavish gala ball at the NATO hangar on Saturday night, the first such event to take place in the gargantuan...
DATE: Nov 24, 2003
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Opposition Leader Grant Gibbons described debate at his party's annual conference as "provocative, irritating, humane and thoughtful".
The United Bermuda Party's get-together at Elbow Beach on Saturday was as much a discussion forum as a "rallying th...
DATE: Nov 24, 2003
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Bermuda Regiment commanding officer Lt. Col. Eddie Lamb has issued a stern warning to those who have dodged conscription after more than two thirds of recruits selected for service failed to show for medical exams.
Out of 150 men conscripted only 49 ...
DATE: Nov 23, 2003
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Opposition Leader Grant Gibbons accused Premier Alex Scott of being "over-sensitive" in his reaction to the row over UK-Bermuda relations.
Mr. Scott branded Government House "provocative" after Sir John Vereker's comments in which he called for "care...
DATE: Nov 22, 2003
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Politicians paid tribute yesterday in the House of Assembly to Arthur (Butch) Bean, The Royal Gazette photographer who died on Thursday.
St. David's MP Suzann Roberts-Holshauser said: "I had the pleasure of working with Butch at the Bermuda Sun.
"I a...
DATE: Nov 22, 2003
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A public forum will be held next month to allow Government to get a better idea of what is needed to take tourism forward, Tourism Minister Renee Webb announced yesterday.
She told MPs the meeting will be held on December 4 ?to delve into a meaningfu...
DATE: Nov 22, 2003
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Government has finally reached an agreement with Police officers in the long-running dispute over pay and conditions, it was announced yesterday.
But understands the deal is still in the balance as it still has to be ratified by members of the Bermud...
DATE: Nov 22, 2003
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The Court of Appeal has ruled a judge was right to allow less exacting standards of fingerprint evidence which convicted a burglar.
Anthony Webster Swan was convicted of burgling a Pembroke home last April. The victim was lying on his couch on Grasme...
DATE: Nov 22, 2003
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A second retrial has been ordered for a Dutchman accused of importing more than $200,000 of cocaine into Bermuda.
Yesterday the Court of Appeal ruled that Assistant Justice Archibald had erred in the January 2003 trial of Eddy Frankyln Filiciana 44, ...
DATE: Nov 22, 2003
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