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Collector of Customs Winifred Fostine-Desilva has denied that long delays at the airport are the fault of a festering airport industrial dispute.
The claims were made by Opposition Tourism spokesman David Dodwell who said the hold up was damaging tou...
DATE: May 27, 2002
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For every 650 people stuffed into a slave ship - or "death ship" - only roughly 150 would survive the passage, delegates to the African Diaspora Heritage Trail conference heard yesterday.
At a conference workshop entitled "Black Holocaust", J. Justin...
DATE: May 27, 2002
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Despite the early morning start, Gombey dancers brought the crowd to their feet yesterday as the African Diaspora Heritage Trail Conference officially opened at Southampton Princess.
The conference “seeks to span time and distance as we acknowledge t...
DATE: May 27, 2002
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Retail sales for March have showed a jump of 3.8 percent over the same period last year with gross turnover hitting $42.9 million.
After adjusting for inflation the total volume of retail sales increased one percent over the year.
The Government figu...
DATE: May 27, 2002
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Government is gearing up to break expected strike action today by cabbies rebelling against plans to introduce a mandatory cab tracking system.
However last night Bermuda Taxi Operators Association (BTOA) spokesperson Lee Tucker said there would be n...
DATE: May 27, 2002
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When fraudster Vidar Lunoe is eventually jailed there will be widespread celebrating in some of the swankiest houses in the island.
The dual nationality Norwegian/British man insinuated himself into some of the richest homes in Bermuda, embezzling th...
DATE: May 27, 2002
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Vandals ran amok and torched three cars worth more than $36,000 in the central parishes in the early hours of Sunday morning.
First to go up in flames was a $23,000 Nissan station wagon parked in Sheldon Road, Pembroke.
Ten minutes later, at 3 a.m., ...
DATE: May 27, 2002
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An institute is to be launched in Bermuda this year geared specifically to push talented students towards academic excellence.
The programme, which will start in September, will identify and evaluate eligible students in both public and private schoo...
DATE: May 27, 2002
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Joann Dill never expected to become a teacher - in fact doing a day release as a teacher's helper in high school totally put her off the idea.
But after raising her children and being in the workforce, she thought again about the idea and ended up go...
DATE: May 27, 2002
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Government this week offered to subsidise the cost of the new global positioning system (GPS) for the taxi industry, according to Bermuda Taxi Operators Association (BTOA)spokesperson Lee Tucker.
But the offer was rejected.
"We are not trusting the G...
DATE: May 25, 2002
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