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The media was once again made a player in the cut and thrust of politics yesterday as Government Senate Leader David Burch voiced his "amazement" at the level of coverage given to the recently concluded African Diaspora Heritage Trail conference.
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DATE: May 30, 2002
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Minister for Education and Development Paula Cox last night urged parents and schools to put talented students forward for a new programme for academic excellence.
Ms Cox said she fully supported the newly-formed Institute for Talented Students in Be...
DATE: May 30, 2002
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Seventy percent of respondents to an Internet poll feel that Premier Jennifer Smith should resign.
The unscientific poll, conducted from last Tuesday to last Friday on The Royal Gazette's Internet site, www.theroyalgazette.com, saw 435 people respond...
DATE: May 30, 2002
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A teen-age boy was given a rare opportunity to gain some work experience as a lawyer yesterday as part of his sentence when he appeared in court charged with taking a motorcycle.
In a ground-breaking move, the 15-year-old, who cannot be named for leg...
DATE: May 30, 2002
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Employers, unions and politicians signed a proclamation yesterday celebrating workers of all kinds as they came together to get involved in organising Labour Day.
Labour Minister Terry Lister told guests at City Hall that Bermuda already practised tr...
DATE: May 30, 2002
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The Island will see an influx of new office buildings in the next few years if a number of new applications to build, are granted.
Three proposals for multistorey office complexes were submitted to the Planning Department over the past week.
The firs...
DATE: May 30, 2002
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Foreign workers are propping up the Island's contributory pensions scheme, the Senate was reminded yesterday.
"It's a strange fact that nobody seems to appreciate. We've got an economy that cannot be staffed (fully) by the Bermudian population," said...
DATE: May 30, 2002
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Industrial action is not in taxi drivers' immediate plans, Lee Tucker, public relations officer for the Bermuda Taxi Owners Association (BTOA), said last night.
Minutes after leaving an executive meeting, Mr. Tucker told The Royal Gazette: "We take t...
DATE: May 30, 2002
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An unknown former Bermudian slave fought in the legendary first black regiment in the American Civil War which was immortalised in the Denzel Washington film `Glory', a recently discovered newspaper report has shown.
And in an uncanny echo of the fil...
DATE: May 29, 2002
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In the last five years, youth and young adult membership in the AME churches has declined by about 50 percent. Youth pastor Jamaine Tucker may be the man to help turn those numbers around.
He, along with several committee members, has launched a ten-...
DATE: May 29, 2002
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