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The Bermuda Industrial Union (BIU) president Derrick Burgess is remaining neutral on a call to boycott fast food joints employing a disproportionate amount of non Bermudians doing jobs requiring no special skills.
Mr. Burgess called instead for an ov...
DATE: May 10, 2002
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Concerns have been raised for the safety of marine life in the East End after thousands of pieces of plastic were found in soil at a Government landscaping project lying next to the water's edge.
Shadow Environment Minister Kim Young said she feared ...
DATE: May 10, 2002
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Could the solution to global warming being hiding on the deep ocean floor, perhaps just miles off Bermuda? If it is, Dr. Craig Venter intends to find it.
The scientist credited with spurring the race to decode the human genome to a dramatically more ...
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The National Liberal Party (NLP) has come out in support of an ex-pat jobs register to ensure Bermudians are not overlooked in the labour market.
Vice-chairman Graeme Outerbridge said the NLP had always supported the creation of a print-out of jobs t...
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has signed an order designating May 21 as the commencement date for the citizenship provisions of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002.
All British Overseas Territories Citizens, with few exceptions, will automatical...
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The Opposition United Bermuda Party (UBP) yesterday criticised Government for its involvement in a copyrights dispute between local broadcaster Bermuda Broadcasting Company (BBC) and CableVision - drawing serious fire from television executive Rick R...
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The theme for today's Schools Grounds Day is focused on Biodiversity Action in an effort to get everyone involved in preserving our irreplaceable plants and animals.
Organised by the Bermuda Zoological Society, schools select an area on their grounds...
DATE: May 10, 2002
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Angry church goers are threatening to quit St. Mark's Anglican Church after Bishop Ewan Ratteray backed underfire Rev. William Hayward and called on opponents to resign.
Churchgoers say Bishop Ratteray has done a U-turn after spelling out Rev. Haywar...
DATE: May 10, 2002
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Finance Minister Eugene Cox is on the offensive in Washington in an attempt to influence US lawmakers as they consider new tax legislation aimed at grabbing a bigger tax bite from US companies which set up shell corporations overseas.
A three-man tea...
DATE: May 09, 2002
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Government employees have been undergoing extensive training on the managing of emergencies - with personnel training for a mock oil spill and airplane hostage crisis.
Over 75 personnel were in action yesterday testing the Island's Marine Contingency...
DATE: May 09, 2002
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