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Associate membership of CARICOM will cost Bermuda $98,000, Health Minister Nelson Bascome revealed last night, but he said the economic and social benefits will far outweigh that.
Speaking at the first public meeting on Government's hopes to join the...
DATE: Apr 11, 2002
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Seven Customs officers at Bermuda International Airport pulled an impromptu "sick out" yesterday afternoon as the result of a labour dispute.
Collector of Customs Winifred Fostine-DeSilva confirmed that seven officers had gone home sick at 2.30 p.m.,...
DATE: Apr 11, 2002
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Businesses and organisations are being urged to help reduce the incidence of kidney failure on the Island by organising health check-ups in the office.
Kathy Albuoy, community educator at the dialysis unit on Point Finger Road, said qualified nurses ...
DATE: Apr 10, 2002
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A Southampton man says he is planning to make a formal complaint of Police brutality after claiming officers were heavy handed when they arrested him in the early hours of yesterday morning.
Albert Santucci said he offered no resistance yet he was th...
DATE: Apr 10, 2002
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Education Minister Paula Cox yesterday announced a $2 million hybrid package that would solve Bermuda's secondary school overcrowding problem later this year.
She said that after lengthy discussions with teachers, parents, students and the Bermuda Un...
DATE: Apr 10, 2002
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As the Island ponders whether to charge consumers a deposit when they buy bottles to deter littering, a leading conservationist from California last night told Bermuda how the system has worked in the US.
California introduced a bottle bill around te...
DATE: Apr 10, 2002
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Continental Airlines have added a new daily, non-stop flight between Bermuda and Newark airport effective this week.
The flight will depart at 7.50 a.m. daily from Newark arriving in Bermuda at 11.05 a.m.
The return flight will leave Bermuda at noon ...
DATE: Apr 10, 2002
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Weather phenomena may be behind the discovery of two rare fish in Bermuda last weekend.
Two dead sunfish, or slender mola (scientifically known as Ranzania laevis), which are not normally seen north of Mexico, were discovered on Sunday at separate lo...
DATE: Apr 10, 2002
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The Queen Mother lived her life with dignity and lived it to the full, mourners at the Anglican Cathedral in Hamilton were told at a memorial service yesterday.
Anglican Bishop of Bermuda the Rt. Rev. Ewan Ratteray told the service, attended by Gover...
DATE: Apr 10, 2002
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Government's official public awareness campaign on Associate Membership with the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) will begin tonight with a town hall meeting in Somerset.
"As many of you have been aware, we have submitted our applicati...
DATE: Apr 10, 2002
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