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Tourism Minister Renee Webb presented the draft United Nations Resolution from the Women in Public Life Conference in Bermuda last October to British Ambassador Adam Thompson at the United Nations last Wednesday.
The resolution calls for a greater ro...
DATE: May 14, 2003
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The Mid-Ocean News story on a possible pre-election succession plan for Premier Jennifer Smith has been branded as "highly speculative mischief making" by Progressive Labour Party supporters.
Reaction to the story - which quoted unnamed sources as sa...
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A 27-year-old man pleaded guilty to being in possession of cannabis on Monday in Magistrates' Court.
Jermaine Simmons, of Spring Benny Road, Sandys, was charged with possessing cannabis on May 9.
Crown counsel Wayne Caines told the court that Police ...
DATE: May 14, 2003
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Taxi drivers warned last night that there will be even stronger opposition this summer than last if Government pushes ahead with plans to introduce a new dispatching system this year.
Bermuda Taxi Owners Association spokesman Lee Tucker hinted driver...
DATE: May 14, 2003
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A 48-year-old man was nursing injuries at home last night after an accident at Tynes Bay Incinerator Plant in Devonshire.
The Pembroke man was operating a trash truck at the site at about 9 a.m. yesterday when a compactor door is believed to have ope...
DATE: May 14, 2003
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Bermuda and the other British territories are without their own Minister after Baroness Amos was promoted to become the UK's second-ever black Cabinet Minister.
She replaces Clare Short who angrily resigned as International Development Secretary on M...
DATE: May 14, 2003
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A backhoe fell off a trailer and smashed through a bus window - leaving a visitor in the hospital with shattered glass in her eyes and nine other passengers with light cuts and bruises.
The truck had been travelling towards Hamilton on Point Finger R...
DATE: May 13, 2003
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Prison Commissioner John Prescod went in alone to face inmates who barricaded themselves into the remand unit at Westgate for 24 hours during the prison officers' strike.
A prisoner who took part in the protest told The Royal Gazette the Commissioner...
DATE: May 13, 2003
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A painful encounter with two whales has prompted Around Alone Race sailor Alan Paris to think seriously about his next ocean "mission".
A day after crossing the finish line to become the first Bermudian to successfully sail solo around the world, Par...
DATE: May 13, 2003
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Bermuda College is taking steps to enhance its teacher training and course structure in a bid to improve test scores - which in some subjects have remained woefully lacking.
President Dr. Michael Orenduff said for the past two years, since joining th...
DATE: May 13, 2003
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