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Crimes against tourists should not carry tougher penalties in the courts than crimes against residents, according to a random street poll by The Royal Gazette .
The informal survey was carried out following recent attacks on tourists and subsequent c...
DATE: Aug 09, 1999
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And the eye-in-the-sky CCTV system is to go on line within the next two weeks.
The news came as Home Affairs and Public Safety Minister Paula Cox teamed up with Tourism Minister David Allen to announce a new drive to beat drugs and crime -- especiall...
DATE: Aug 07, 1999
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A record of no infant deaths on the Island was yesterday hailed as a first for Bermuda.
A report by the Registrar General said there was a zero rate of child deaths in 1998 and no stillbirths.
Home Affairs and Public Safety Minister Paula Cox told MP...
DATE: Aug 07, 1999
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And plans are being laid to improve rest homes -- and to give older people the chance to live in their own home with outside support.
Acting Health and Social Services Minister Arthur Hodgson (PLP) told MPs: "With the current level of nursing care fo...
DATE: Aug 07, 1999
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MPs were locked in debate early this morning over controversial changes to labour laws which would allow middle managers to join trade unions.
Home Affairs Minister Paula Cox, introducing the Trade Union Amendment Act at 1 a.m. this morning, said it ...
DATE: Aug 07, 1999
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DATE: Aug 07, 1999
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the job.
Now Mr. Owen is expected to arrive on the Island to take up his post at the end of this month, following an official swearing-in ceremony by US Vice President Al Gore.
Mr. Owen -- currently in Washington -- said: "We haven't been able to pla...
DATE: Aug 07, 1999
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made about the government's motives in seeking to allow funeral firms to run limo services for mourners.
The UBP leader said: "Somebody is getting paid somewhere.
"This doesn't look right, it doesn't feel right, it doesn't smell right.'' Transport M...
DATE: Aug 07, 1999
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it forced through controversial legislation allowing funeral firms to run limo services for mourners.
Backbench MP and Bermuda Industrial Union president Derrick Burgess said he, Reginald Burrows and taxi owner Elvin James had all opted not to suppor...
DATE: Aug 07, 1999
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Mr. Phillips' position has already been advertised with a closing date of August 18. He will leave his position by May next year.
Speaking last night, he said a final retirement date had not been decided yet but would have to be before he turned 56, ...
DATE: Aug 07, 1999
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