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Fair Havens, Bermuda's only residential drug rehabilitation centre for women, has decided not to accept any new admissions.
But the recently expanded and revamped facilities will be used instead as a recovery home and shelter for addicts who have und...
DATE: Dec 13, 2002
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Both Police and the Minister of Labour have met with members of the West Indian community in hopes of resolving the mounting tensions between Jamaican and local youths on the Island.
This coming from Minister Terry Lister in the wake of the shooting ...
DATE: Dec 13, 2002
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Vehicles caught loitering in City of Hamilton loading zones for more than ten minutes will be ticketed if new rules drafted by the Corporation of Hamilton make it through the legislature.
The new rules had been made necessary because abuse of the loa...
DATE: Dec 13, 2002
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Four men were in Police custody last night after a bloody street fight broke out in Hamilton Parish, sending two men to hospital.
A number of officers including Emergency Response Team (ERT) members responded to reports of the incident at My Lord's B...
DATE: Dec 13, 2002
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The Salvation Army has raised more than $450,000 and needs another $50,000 to reach its Christmas target.
It plans to distribute 500 hampers to more than 1,400 people as well as 500 toy hampers to children under 12.
Distribution takes place on Decemb...
DATE: Dec 12, 2002
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While he said he was not surprised to hear about the latest act of violence against Jamaicans, Jamaican Honorary Consul Winston Laylor pleaded for his fellow countrymen not to react.
Mr. Laylor spoke to The Royal Gazette after a Pembroke man reported...
DATE: Dec 12, 2002
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Union leader Derrick Burgess last night angrily rejected lawyer Peter Smith's claims that black families who were forced out of Tuckers Town to make way for a tourist development were paid a fair price.
Mr. Smith, whose father C.E. Smith was the secr...
DATE: Dec 12, 2002
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Senators yesterday updated Bermuda's merchant shipping laws with the passage of an all encompassing Merchant Shipping Act which enhances the Transport Minister's powers to regulate ships flying the Bermuda flag.
The Act brings legislation into line w...
DATE: Dec 12, 2002
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While they expressed concern with the seemingly on-going feud between Bermudian and Jamaican youths, long-term Jamaican residents on the Island had mixed reactions when asked whether they believed there was a drug war going on.
All of the people spok...
DATE: Dec 12, 2002
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Civil Service Head, Stanley Oliver, this week confirmed a shuffle of top civil servants.
Citing "Government's ongoing commitment to professional development within the Civil Service" Mr. Oliver announced in a press statement that Dr. Derrick Binns, c...
DATE: Dec 12, 2002
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