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Bermuda Industrial Union president Derrick Burgess yesterday called on the Island's two major banks to give the Bermuda Housing Corporation a $6 million interest-free loan to build low cost apartments.
He made the call at the annual Labour Day rally ...
DATE: Sep 04, 2001
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Last spring, "Biography", the primetime show on Arts & Entertainment Television (A&E), profiled Sidney Poitier, the Bahamian movie actor of 1960s fame.
If A&E was given any say in the matter, most Bahamians would probably have never seen the programm...
DATE: Sep 04, 2001
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The Labour Day fireworks display at Bernard's Park took on a whole different meaning last night when witnesses watched as sparks trailing from the display ignited a blaze at the Marsh Folly dump.
Two fire trucks and dozens of Police vehicles responde...
DATE: Sep 04, 2001
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The founders of Bermuda's trade union movement would be proud of the constitutional reforms set in motion by the Progressive Labour Party, Premier Jennifer Smith told supporters at yesterday's Labour Day rally.
An estimated crowd of around 1,000 peop...
DATE: Sep 04, 2001
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Shadow Education Minister Tim Smith has backed teachers' calls for a substantial pay rise to prevent educators leaving the profession.
As The Royal Gazette reported on Saturday, the Bermuda Union of Teachers believes the hefty, unspecified, pay incre...
DATE: Sep 04, 2001
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Two Pembroke men have been arrested after a man was stabbed in the face when two thugs burst into his apartment.
Police found the 44-year-old Hamilton Parish man at his home in Clearview Apartments, Sandy Lane, Hamilton Parish, bleeding badly from a ...
DATE: Sep 04, 2001
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Entrepreneurs are being urged to sign up for new industrial space planned for Southside.
Bermuda Land Development Company (BLDC) is hoping to open the first section of a new commercial park early next year.
BLDC Board Chairman Calvin White said: "We ...
DATE: Sep 04, 2001
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Road Safety Council Chairman Dr. Joseph Froncioni has hit out at media reports claiming his group is calling for a ban on hand-held cell phones in cars.
Transport Minister Dr. Ewart Brown has said Bermuda would be following the lead of other jurisdic...
DATE: Sep 01, 2001
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Police investigating the death of a 31-year-old man who died in a mysterious road traffic accident last weekend, are urgently appealing for witnesses to come forward.
Scott Davidson, a Scottish expatriate, was found lying dead near his cycle on North...
DATE: Sep 01, 2001
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Union leaders are urging Government to give teachers a significant pay rise in order to keep them in the profession, The Royal Gazette has learned.
General Secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers Michael Charles said yesterday that he had already ...
DATE: Sep 01, 2001
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