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Allegations of corruption at Bermuda Housing Corporation (BHC) are being investigated and handled discreetly, Health and Family Services Minister Nelson Bascome said yesterday.
Mr. Bascome delivered a Ministerial Statement to Parliament in response t...
DATE: Mar 07, 2002
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Despite continued opposition from parts of the industry, a law requiring all taxis to use modern communication equipment is forging ahead.
Yesterday Minister of Transport Ewart Brown said all taxis must be equipped with two-way radios, a device for t...
DATE: Mar 07, 2002
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Mystery surrounds how Government is deploying its lobbying muscle in Washington, DC despite nearly $300,000 being paid out to professional lobbyists last year.
According to US Department of Justice figures released to The Royal Gazette, Government pa...
DATE: Mar 07, 2002
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Education and Development Minister Paula Cox has put the lid on doubts that the new senior secondary school will no longer be called Berkeley Institute when it opens next year.
She said the $70 million school, which is currently being built in Pembro...
DATE: Mar 07, 2002
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A bill giving the Chief Statistician powers to conduct compulsory surveys passed in the Senate yesterday but the United Bermuda Party (UBP) warned that it could lead to serious privacy issues in the future.
Opposition Senators agreed with the law's p...
DATE: Mar 07, 2002
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A team of Bermuda's frontline emergency service workers are preparing for one of their most daunting tasks ever - an assignment to Ground Zero in New York.
Ten members of the Island's Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) team are due to fly out...
DATE: Mar 07, 2002
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Concerns over the quality of a Grenadian medical school which has linked with Bermuda College spilled into Parliament this week.
The College has formed a partnership with St. George's University (SGU) in Grenada which will make it easier for Bermudia...
DATE: Mar 07, 2002
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After jetting to the US to oversee the progress of the two new fast ferries, the Transport Minister said he anticipated the first arrival of one of the catamarans as early as next week.
Dr. Ewart Brown witnessed the launching of the Serenity in Massa...
DATE: Mar 07, 2002
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Dame Lois Brown Evans slammed the powers that be for failing to make the appointment of a Puisne Judge, which she believed would help ease a 12 month backlog of Supreme Court criminal and civil cases.
In the House of Assembly last night the Minister ...
DATE: Mar 07, 2002
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Attorney General Dame Lois Browne Evans yesterday launched a bitter attack on Canadian lawyers who formerly worked in the Department of Public Prosecutions, accusing them of thinking they were better than Bermudian attorneys and of having the wrong a...
DATE: Mar 07, 2002
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