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US researchers planning to do seismic underwater tests off Bermuda have been turned away because of concerns they could harm the hearing of dolphins and whales.
But the scientists from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University in Ne...
DATE: Nov 20, 2003
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Opposition Leader in the Senate Kim Swan once again called for the establishment of a Tourism Authority yesterday.
Sen. Swan also told the second meeting of the new Upper House that he was concerned about the ?exodus? of Tourism Directors and called ...
DATE: Nov 20, 2003
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The public sector will build at least 200 new homes over the next four years, Housing Minister Terry Lister revealed yesterday.
Government announced 56 new units will be built by the Bermuda Housing Corporation while projects by the Bermuda Land Deve...
DATE: Nov 20, 2003
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Any hopes of rehabilitating prisoners in Bermuda have ?gone with the wind? until the prison service is reformed, the UBP claimed yesterday.
And Shadow Home Affairs Minister Maxwell Burgess backed the Prison Officers? boycott of the ongoing Caribbean ...
DATE: Nov 20, 2003
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Government is seeking ideas for a memorial to those lost at sea.
Yesterday Transport Minister Ewart Brown said print media adverts would appear this week inviting people to submit possible designs for the memorial.
Entries can take the form of a mont...
DATE: Nov 20, 2003
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Governor Sir John Vereker's comments on the increasing complexity of UK-Bermuda affairs caused a stir in the Senate yesterday.
PLP Senators Michael Scott and Larry Mussenden both expressed concern at Sir John's comments earlier on the Island's relati...
DATE: Nov 20, 2003
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Government has designated the first companies as ?good corporate citizens? and one has been granted a waiver on work permit restrictions for some staff.
Labour and Home Affairs minister Randolph Horton made the announcement yesterday and said ?signif...
DATE: Nov 20, 2003
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Vandal suspects to go on trial
A January trial has been set for the four men who allegedly damaged a Police patrol car in Magistrates? Court.
Gavin O?Connor, 34 and Che Pennyman, 33, both of Stardust Drive, Hamilton Parish, Lindley Scott, 39, of Rec-...
DATE: Nov 20, 2003
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Government has branded ?inaccurate and misleading? a newspaper report claiming a dangerous dogs ban is to be lifted.
The headline on the Bermuda Sun?s front page read: ?Dangerous dogs ban to be lifted.?
But yesterday Department of Environmental Prote...
DATE: Nov 20, 2003
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The case against a driver involved in an accident which left former tennis pro Eldridge Smith in a wheelchair will be pursued, the Acting Director of Public Prosecutions has said.
Mr. Kulandra Ratneser said that he had called for the file from Police...
DATE: Nov 20, 2003
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