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Government was this morning expected to pass its White Paper on long term residency, offering status to around 400 non-Bermudians and job security to others.
Following a mammoth debate in the House of Assembly, which was still continuing when The Roy...
DATE: Jul 28, 2001
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Liquid ecstasy is heading for the list of controlled substances. Health Minister Nelson Bascome yesterday tabled an order to that effect in the House of Assembly.
Ecstasy has been gaining popularity in recent years, said the Minister.
"We want to mak...
DATE: Jul 28, 2001
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One of the biggest fish ever caught off Bermuda was finally hauled in yesterday following a gruelling two hour battle off Challenger Banks.
Former Bank of Bermuda senior vice-President Cummings Zuill hooked the 1,199 pound Blue Marlin, but he needed ...
DATE: Jul 28, 2001
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Minister of Labour, Home Affairs and Public Safety Paula Cox introduced yesterday's debate on the White Paper, `Community for a new Millennium: Bermuda's Long Term Residents', and said debate on the subject had at times been characterised by reason a...
DATE: Jul 28, 2001
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Premier Jennifer Smith yesterday condemned Opposition leader Pamela Gordon for wrongly claiming she spent more than $100,000 of tax-payers' money on flowers.
She said - contrary to Ms Gordon's suggestion - that the total bill for flowers last year wa...
DATE: Jul 28, 2001
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British citizenship won't give Bermudians breaks on UK tuition fees it was revealed this week. Citizens from the overseas territories will still have to pay more than 54,000 sterling for a four-year course compared with just 4,300 sterling for locals...
DATE: Jul 28, 2001
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Maverick Magistrate Edward King has not been moved as a punishment measure, said Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner.
He said Mr. King had been moved from Magistrates' Court One to civil court as part of a standard reshuffle.
A further change is likel...
DATE: Jul 27, 2001
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The owner of The Palace nightclub is to to sue the Liquor Licensing Authority for loss of income after it controversially stripped him of his licence.
And Ed Bailey, the lawyer for Palace owner John Kiernan, is urging the Governor and Chief Justice t...
DATE: Jul 27, 2001
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Children who think wearing helmets while riding their pedal bikes is uncool should look to top local cyclists like Elliot Hubbard, Kris Hedges, and Jonathon Herring - who always wear helmets, a prominent local doctor said.
Paediatrician Dr. Bente Lun...
DATE: Jul 27, 2001
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A surgeon at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital is to have a second summons issued against him after he repeatedly ignored requests to give a written statement or evidence in the inquest of a road accident victim.
Coroner's Court heard yesterday t...
DATE: Jul 27, 2001
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