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Government has appointed Bermuda's Employment Tribunal as required under the new Employment Act.
The purpose of the Act is to promote fair treatment of employers and employees, provide minimum standards, establish procedures and notice periods for te...
DATE: May 23, 2002
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A 40-year-old Devonshire Parish man's claim to a magistrate he had been beaten by Police appeared to have had no effect as he was imprisoned for nine months for using offensive words.
Robin Michael Simmons of Zuill's Park, Smith's Parish pleaded guil...
DATE: May 23, 2002
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Progressive Labour Party member and race activist Dr. Eva Hodgson has hit out at Sports Minister Randy Horton for swapping sides and backing Premier Jennifer Smith after being given a cabinet post.
She said Mr. Horton had been a staunch supporter of ...
DATE: May 23, 2002
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Fats contained in Bermuda fish may be key to preventing heart disease - if we were eating them, according to a local anthropologist.
Dr. Philippe Rouja said looking to ocean to ensure health is something traditional hunter-gatherer societies have don...
DATE: May 23, 2002
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St. George's Mayor Henry Hayward has called for Government to get a move on with widening Town Cut after lamenting lost cruise business which he said cost the town $100,000 each time a ship does not dock in the old town.
So far this season the town h...
DATE: May 23, 2002
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Working by the light of the moon, a group of slaves toiled ceaselessly to cut stones from quarries and haul them on their backs and heads to achieve their dream of building their own chapel.
Yesterday, 175 years after they finished building Cobb's Hi...
DATE: May 23, 2002
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A new guide to birdwatching in Bermuda hits the shops this week which author Andrew Dobson hopes will encourage residents to take up the hobby.
Mr. Dobson, the president of Bermuda Audubon Society, will be signing copies of his book, A Birdwatching G...
DATE: May 23, 2002
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A disbelieving American resident who was shocked at getting a $500 fine for having less than one gram of cannabis was told “bush is expensive”in Bermuda by a magistrate yesterday.
Jack Penick, 60, of Ohio, pleaded guilty to purchasing 0.92 grams of c...
DATE: May 23, 2002
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The Broadcast Commission's ruling that the public be barred from a hearing into whether the Premier's February broadcast to the nation was in breach of regulations, was a "foregone conclusion", says VSB news director Chris Lodge.
Mr. Lodge initiated ...
DATE: May 23, 2002
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Bermudians are still afraid to speak out on controversial issues, two consultants to the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office who have been on the Island preparing a human rights report have found.
Dr. Dessima Williams and Geraldine Terry, who hav...
DATE: May 23, 2002
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