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Convicted gangsters could be sent overseas to jail under proposed new measures for tackling what Police Commissioner Michael DeSilva last night called a “form of domestic terrorism”.
He told a public meeting attended by several hundred people at the ...
DATE: May 06, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
US Consul General Grace Shelton told her bosses in Washington she had a “guarded confidence” that police in Bermuda were on the right track in tackling crime.
Her comment was written in a “sensitive” cable which she sent to the US Government on Janua...
DATE: May 03, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
A “cool and levelheaded” British couple arrived safely in Bermuda last night after spending the previous 36 hours at sea bailing buckets of water out of their 44ft sloop.
The couple’s boat Dream or Two got into difficulties about 130 miles south-sout...
DATE: May 03, 2011
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Workers’ rights will come under the spotlight at a public forum taking place tomorrow.
The Committee for Migrant Workers is hosting the session at the Bermuda Industrial Union’s headquarters in Hamilton, from 5.30pm to 7pm.
Panelists include Catholi...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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A charity director claims the Island’s potential pensions crisis could be eased at almost no cost simply by adding a word to the Human Rights Act.
James McCulloch, treasurer of Age Concern, says it is “high time” discrimination on the grounds of age ...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief yesterday postponed an official trip abroad after the fatal shooting in his constituency of 22-year-old Jason Smith.
He was due to travel to North Carolina with the Governor to visit the Bermuda Regiment on...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda’s latest murder victim Jason Smith was a “good son” whose smile would light up a room, according to his mother.
Jacqueline Smith said the 22-year-old Regiment lance corporal, who was shot dead in what is believed to be a case of mistaken iden...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
One of Bermuda’s four Uighurs has got married and is expecting a child with his wife, his lawyer has revealed.
Boston-based attorney Sabin Willett announced the news in an article posted on the Lawfare blog last week. He wrote of the four men who cam...
DATE: Apr 28, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
Bermuda's public pension pot will be able to cope as the number of seniors more than doubles over the next 40 years, Government insisted last night.
The Ministry of Finance issued a statement reassuring those who have paid into the Contributory Pensi...
DATE: Apr 26, 2011
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The number of people turning 65 and claiming their state pension will rise by more than 150 percent this year.
About 700 residents, the first batch of Bermuda’s post-war “baby boomers”, will reach retirement age and become eligible to a benefit from ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2011
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