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The first sitting of the Senate this parliamentary session was brief. Besides the swearing in of two new senators, the only official item of substance on the agenda was the first reading of the Statistics Act.
A number of senators welcomed new member...
DATE: Feb 21, 2002
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"Oh my God, I did it again," the Bermudian man at the heart of a bizarre, carbon copy stabbing crime in the United States told arresting Police officers, The Royal Gazette has learned.
Richard Clement Vivian, 54, was arrested in Maryland last month a...
DATE: Feb 21, 2002
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Mayor of New York and Bermuda resident Michael Bloomberg has been attacked by journalists in the Big Apple for allegedly slipping off to the Island last weekend to play golf.
Mr. Bloomberg caused a storm by leaving the city for three days without tel...
DATE: Feb 21, 2002
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The bill granting full British citizenship to Britain's colonial subjects goes back to the House of Lords next week for what will likely be its final debate before being rubber-stamped by the Queen.
And British policymakers have guaranteed that the n...
DATE: Feb 21, 2002
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Young families fearful of gangs of up to 40 youths hanging around their homes drinking, fighting and smoking drugs are to be visited by both the Bermuda Housing Corporation and Pembroke West MP Wayne Perinchief.
After The Royal Gazette revealed yeste...
DATE: Feb 20, 2002
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Nigel Pemberton's triumphant campaign for the presidency of Bermuda Public Service Association earlier this month may have come out of the blue to many.
But the 49-year-old has a wealth of union experience, having served as chief shop steward in the ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2002
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The president-elect of the Bermuda Public Services Association has denied the union is on a collision course with Government over plans to bring in performance-based pay.
Nigel Pemberton, who officially takes over from Betty Christopher in April, sai...
DATE: Feb 20, 2002
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White Sands Hotel is being sued by Argus Insurance Company for alleged non-payment of tens of thousands of dollars in insurance premiums.
It is the latest in a line of writs issued against the Paget hotel and its owner, the American property develope...
DATE: Feb 20, 2002
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Police are urging the public to pay close attention to their currency after three counterfeit bills were detected in the money supply during the past week.
Over the weekend, a fake American $20 bill with the serial number BF56979849D and a bogus Berm...
DATE: Feb 20, 2002
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Residents and guest house owners in Warwick have called for the half-demolished Banana Beach and Flamingo Beach properties to be torn down because they are an eyesore and a danger to children.
They say they have complained for years that the empty fo...
DATE: Feb 20, 2002
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