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could lead to spouses being sold short, Shadow Finance Minister Grant Gibbons warned yesterday.
Dr. Gibbons said it "effectively allowed someone to cut out their spouse if they so desired'', and stated the amendment "cuts against the family contract'...
DATE: Dec 18, 1999
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flop, Shadow Tourism Minister David Dodwell claimed yesterday.
And he accused Tourism Minister David Allen of using the rules of the House of Assembly to dodge questions on the cost of a multi-nation series of tourism promotions earlier this year.
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DATE: Dec 18, 1999
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corporal punishment.
Development, Opportunity and Government Services Minister Terry Lister began the debate of the Abolition of Capital and Corporal Punishment Act 1999 at about 7.30 p.m. last night. At Press time at 1 a.m. MPs were still debating t...
DATE: Dec 18, 1999
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told MPs yesterday.
And he said Planning decisions were a balancing act -- with the need to protect the environment weighed against the needs of the community.
Mr. Hodgson said: "The concept of sustainable development represents PLP policy as it is c...
DATE: Dec 18, 1999
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"When you stop travelling, you have arrived at the goal,'' a visibly pleased Puisne Judge Vincent Meerabux yesterday told a courtroom as the Bermuda Fire civil suit was officially wrapped up.
Mr. Justice Meerabux's remarks followed the full acceptanc...
DATE: Dec 17, 1999
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A Government Senator has revealed that negotiations over future staff contracts are currently being held between the Bermuda Industrial Union and the hotel company expected to take over the old Marriott Castle Harbour site.
Sen. Calvin Smith announce...
DATE: Dec 17, 1999
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A nanny working for a former Government minister died after an accidental fall on a rocky shoreline, a coroner has ruled.
Acting Magistrate Justin Williams said Herminda Villareal died on August 22, 1998 while fishing on the rocks near Shadow Finance...
DATE: Dec 17, 1999
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A gambler is set to take court action after operators of a hi-tech gambling machine refused to pay out a whopping jackpot.
It is believed that the case will be the first time a dispute over a payout from gambling machines has gone to legal action.
An...
DATE: Dec 17, 1999
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Protection Bureau is long overdue.
But, as with many things in life, the devil is in the details and consumer advocates, in their zeal to protect unwitting consumers, should not tie up honest businesses in so much red tape that they suffocate.
The Co...
DATE: Dec 17, 1999
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march to the top of a military drill class.
Sergeant Major Sherwin Richardson and Sergeant Gavin Lee entered separate prestigious courses in the UK -- and both took top honours.
More than 40 soldiers from British regiments, the Ulster Defence Regimen...
DATE: Dec 17, 1999
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