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Circuses are cruel
December 13, 2002
Dear Sir,
I am appalled that the Government is to allow a circus with performing animals to visit the Island. I assume it is the Government who must give a licence for such to perform.
Due to the nature of our Isl...
DATE: Dec 18, 2002
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Bermudian scientist Professor Mary Jane DeSouza has good cause to celebrate this Christmas. She is one of just ten University of Toronto researchers to earn a coveted New Opportunities Fund grant from the Canadian Foundation for Innovations (CFI), wh...
DATE: Dec 18, 2002
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If you have ever wondered why, amid the rampant consumerism that possesses people at Christmastime, the Salvation Army band continues to turn up on the streets of Hamilton on two of the busiest shopping days of all - the last Friday evening before Ch...
DATE: Dec 18, 2002
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Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones are planning to educate their children in Bermuda, according to a British newspaper.
The couple have a two-year-old son Dylan, and the Cardiff-based Western Mail newspaper quoted Zeta Jones, who is pregnant ag...
DATE: Dec 18, 2002
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At least 49 of Bermuda's children between the ages of 12 and 15 work 20 or more hours a week, according to the latest census.
Child labour statistics for the age group were gathered by the Census Office for the first time when the count took place in...
DATE: Dec 17, 2002
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A fifty year tradition of the Altrusa Club continued this year when its members got together to lend support to another charity.
Since the club's inception in 1948, Altrusa Club members have devoted, as part of their community service at Christmas, ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2002
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Lawrence Trott
Bermuda's population is much more educated today than it was in 1991 with 20 percent of residents now holding university degrees, according to the newly released census.
But the local education system is seriously split with three-quarters of white s...
DATE: Dec 14, 2002
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Bermuda's transition from a "twin pillar" economy based on tourism and international business to an offshore financial centre with a supporting tourism industry is confirmed by the labour statistics in the 2000 Census.
And the Island's dependence on ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2002
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Bermuda residents are better educated, working longer hours and enjoy .a much higher median household income than ever before, according to the most comprehensive census taken to date.
While amounts paid out in rent have increased considerably, more ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2002
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MPs were expected this morning to have agreed to Bermuda becoming an associate member of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) following a lengthy debate in the House of Assembly.
At 1.30 a.m., when The Royal Gazette went to press, MPs on both sides of P...
DATE: Dec 14, 2002
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