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Shadow Transport Minister Erwin Adderly criticised Government for not addressing the taxi drivers' strike during yesterday's sitting of the House of Assembly.
The afternoon had been taken up with a motion on the Alternatives to Incarceration programm...
DATE: May 20, 2002
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Government has been urged to ensure that its new scheme to rehabilitate offenders through drug and education programmes continued to come with the threat of a big stick - as well as carrot.
Shadow Legislative Affairs Spokesman John Barritt said the U...
DATE: May 20, 2002
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Adding a "bottle bill" to Bermuda's legislation would go a long way to eliminating trash that is thrown on beaches, roads and into the water, according to local environmentalists, as roughly 50 percent of local litter consists of discarded bottles.
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DATE: May 20, 2002
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Government was last night accused of using the Police investigation into Bermuda Housing Corporation (BHC) as an excuse for not moving now to correct problems at the organisation.
Auditor General Larry Dennis decided last week not to publish his repo...
DATE: May 20, 2002
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Tourism Minister David Allen on Friday reminded members of the House of Assembly about the upcoming conference on the African Diaspora Heritage Trail.
The three day conference will take place at the Fairmont Southampton Princess hotel beginning this ...
DATE: May 20, 2002
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Finance Minister Eugene Cox yesterday said he would not divulge particulars of the Ministry's trip to Washington last week but stressed that Government has "attached high priority" to addressing the push on Capitol Hill for changes to US tax legislat...
DATE: May 19, 2002
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Government announced yesterday that it will meet disgruntled taxi drivers to discuss their opposition to its controversial plans to force them to join a centralised dispatching system.
Acting Transport Minister Dennis Lister made the revelation to MP...
DATE: May 18, 2002
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The United Bermuda Party last night called on Health and Housing Minister Nelson Bascome to resign because he had responsibility for the Bermuda Housing Corporation (BHC) scandal.
Opposition Leader Dr. Grant Gibbons noted Auditor General Larry Dennis...
DATE: May 18, 2002
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New Prisons Commissioner John Prescod has promised to boost education programmes to crack down on recidivism which runs at more than 80 percent.
And Mr. Prescod, who ran Jamaica's prisons for eight years and cut reoffending rates by 50 percent, said ...
DATE: May 18, 2002
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With their liquor licences at risk, bar owners quickly agreed to be trained by the Bermuda Police Service on the Liquor Licence Act and other related Acts.
Bartenders and bar owners for several nightclubs, and sports clubs appeared before the Liquor ...
DATE: May 18, 2002
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