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Debt in Bermuda continues to grow at a "tremendous" rate and one of the biggest problems is people running up massive cell phone and pager bills, according to a debt collection firm.
Bermudians are continuing to live beyond their means, although many...
DATE: Dec 11, 2002
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Poor black families were not, contrary to popular belief, cheated out of their homes in Tuckers Town to make way for wealthy tourist developments, lawyer Peter Smith said yesterday.
He said his father, A.C. Smith, was the secretary of the Bermuda Dev...
DATE: Dec 11, 2002
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Darrell's Island drug retreat, Camp Spirit, is to re-open in January on a year-round basis, National Drugs Commission (NDC) Chairman Malcolm Butterfield said yesterday.
The camp, which closed in April, was taken over by The NDCin May from counselling...
DATE: Dec 11, 2002
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Community leaders in St. George's are to open talks with the Old Town's youth in an attempt to prevent a repeat of the acts of vandalism that have marred the area in past days.
Mayor Henry Hayward said a meeting between Police and the St. George's Pu...
DATE: Dec 11, 2002
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Dentists are divided along racial and nationality lines in the ongoing row over how to handle dental manpower needs, it is claimed.
Responding to complaints from members of the Bermuda Dental Association that the Dental Board is obstructing efforts t...
DATE: Dec 11, 2002
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Government is using marksmen to kill chickens which are destroying gardens and farms across the Island.
And other measures including contraceptive feed and a cannon which fires out a large net are being considered to curb the feral chicken population...
DATE: Dec 10, 2002
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Community leaders in St. George's have appealed for a greater Police presence after vandals scrawled graffiti around the Town Square - the second incident in days.
Corporation of St. George's town manager Lance Furbert said the Old Town required high...
DATE: Dec 10, 2002
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As the long running row over the Island's need for foreign dentists continues, jobs held by locals at a state of the art dental clinic are in jeopardy over an Immigration Department decision to refuse a work permit application, it is claimed.
And den...
DATE: Dec 10, 2002
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The Biostation has received a grant from NASA to study the ability of bacteria and viruses to travel - and survive - long distances on air masses.
Among other uses, the work is expected to shed light on how a biological weapons attack on a larger nat...
DATE: Dec 10, 2002
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The Natural History Museum section of the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo (BAMZ) will be closing by the end of the month to begin redeveloping its exhibits.
A team of BAMZ staff has been working with specialists from Boston for a number of years on ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2002
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