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The statistics reported in today’s Royal Gazette about heroin use among incoming prison inmates demonstrate, if anyone needed reminding, how serious the Island’s drugs problem is. Seventeen percent of inmates tested positive for heroin and 70 percent...
DATE: Dec 05, 2005
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TODAY IN HISTORYToday is Monday, December 5, the 339th day of 2005. There are 26 days left in the year.
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In 1560, Charles IX succeeds as King of France on death of Francis II.
In 1797, Napoleon Bonaparte arrives in Paris to command forces...
DATE: Dec 05, 2005
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A story in Thursday's business section misstated some information on the ratings action taken against the company by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services. The story should have read that S&P lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength rating...
DATE: Dec 05, 2005
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The statistics reported in today?s about heroin use among incoming prison inmates demonstrate, if anyone needed reminding, how serious the Island?s drugs problem is. Seventeen percent of inmates tested positive for heroin and 70 percent tested posit...
DATE: Dec 05, 2005
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Brokering a European Union budget to shore up his international credentials, while saving political face at home, is proving a delicate balancing act for British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
A budget deal for 2007-2013 would bolster Blair’s EU credenti...
DATE: Dec 03, 2005
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“Every institution must change and develop, or it will die. Parliament is no exception...”The change I am talking about is the Parliamentary Process. The Improvement of the effectiveness of Parliament and the political system in general. A change to ...
DATE: Dec 03, 2005
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November 29, 2005
Dear Sir,
I?m concerned about ?my? Bermuda ... the one that is in my heart. Until the powers that be realise that tourism feeds the general population of Bermuda and the appropriate attention is given to the product and selling of t...
DATE: Dec 03, 2005
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Editorial was unfair
November 7, 2005
Dear Sir,
I must disagree with your editorial of November 5, which unfairly criticised the Bermuda Independence Commission's treatment of the potential drawbacks to Independence.
In your editorial, you stated: "W...
DATE: Dec 02, 2005
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Hector hears the outspoken comments by Jonathan Smith about timewarp officers believing they answer to no-one has caused quite a stir in the force. They have also stirred up former top cop Wayne Perinchief to weigh in on the matter. Big Wayne told pa...
DATE: Dec 01, 2005
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latest poll on Independence, which was published in Monday?s newspaper, confirms what seemingly everyone outside Government already knows: the driver for Independence is stalled, if not in reverse.
The poll, taken from November 5 to November 10, show...
DATE: Dec 01, 2005
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