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Workers can be more certain of their rights after the Island's first ever Employment Act was passed in the Senate yesterday after little debate.
The landmark legislation to ensure minimum standards for workers and employers was passed on November 10 ...
DATE: Dec 07, 2000
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A spirit of giving to his community has prompted a local man to donate hundreds of pizzas to local schools.
Cooley Robinson intends to highlight the fact that many of the Island's schoolchildren go to school without eating breakfast and sometimes the...
DATE: Dec 07, 2000
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been dashed for at least a year.
Despite pressure from the UK Foreign Office, the Overseas Territories Bill was left out of yesterday's Queen's Speech delivered to the British Parliament.
There was frustration in Bermuda that the legislation may now ...
DATE: Dec 07, 2000
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enrolling in the Bermuda College, administrators announced yesterday.
Chairman of the College's Board of Governors Randolph Horton and College President George Cook both also applauded a dramatic increase in the number of men entering the College thi...
DATE: Dec 07, 2000
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Government's controversial plans to reform the Constitution.
Senate chairman Alf Oughton was remaining tight-lipped yesterday about whether he would allow the motion -- submitted by Government Senate Leader Milton Scott -- to be discussed.
Sen. Ought...
DATE: Dec 06, 2000
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Assembly.
This is a recurring subject which always gains prominence after a particularly long debate such as the one last Friday on constitutional change.
That debate, which ran for about 22 hours, was one of the longest on record.
Arguments against ...
DATE: Dec 06, 2000
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charged with serious sexual assault on a woman.
Detectives from the Major Incident Room arrested the alleged attacker on Monday following a high-profile investigation, which led to spot checks on vehicles and increased surveillance.
The man is accuse...
DATE: Dec 06, 2000
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By Tim Greenfield Chief Reporter The advent of Government desalination plants could put a stop to the depletion of Bermuda's underground freshwater supplies.
A new mobile plant to convert seawater into drinking water is expected to come on line next...
DATE: Dec 06, 2000
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Bermudians may find out today if legislation to give them full British citizenship and the right to live and work in the UK will be introduced in the next year.
The Queen's Speech, in which the UK Government outlines its legislative plans for the yea...
DATE: Dec 06, 2000
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stealing property from a residence where he had been carrying out maintenance work.
Shawn Dwayne Martin, 22, of Spice Hill Road in Warwick, failed to show up to a court date in September and so was arrested and brought before senior Magistrate Archib...
DATE: Dec 06, 2000
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