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Two senators locked horns yesterday over the issue of government contracts allegedly being awarded to Progressive Labour Party cronies.
Opposition senator Michael Dunkley claimed some contracts worth millions of dollars were given for reasons of "pol...
DATE: Nov 25, 2010
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A successful seven-year bid by Bermuda College to gain recognition from an American accrediting body and become the "envy" of the region was loudly celebrated yesterday.
Town Crier Ed Christopher kicked off the party in the college courtyard and late...
DATE: Nov 25, 2010
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Prisons Commissioner Edward Lamb told MPs today that a lack of love was to blame for turning Bermudian boys into angry young gang members.
He said: “We have neglected to teach them respect, we have neglected to show them love, we have neglected to te...
DATE: Nov 25, 2010
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Michael Dunkley will not defect to the Bermuda Democratic Alliance — despite his concerns about the leadership of the United Bermuda Party and his "disappointment and hurt" at being demoted.
Senator Dunkley told The Royal Gazette last night there was...
DATE: Nov 25, 2010
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Andre Hypolite has lost an appeal against his conviction for the "brutal and merciless" murder of Nicholas Dill on Boxing Day 2004.
The Court of Appeal yesterday threw out the killer's claim that the judge presiding over his 2008 Supreme Court retria...
DATE: Nov 24, 2010
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Bermuda Democratic Alliance MP Mark Pettingill argued yesterday that the law determining how long suspects can be held in police custody needs to be firmed up — and fast.
The defence attorney complained to the House of Assembly that "there really isn...
DATE: Nov 20, 2010
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Bermuda Hospitals Board made more than $18 million in the last financial year, prompting Opposition MP Grant Gibbons to question yesterday whether it was overcharging patients for its services.
Former Finance Minister Dr Gibbons quizzed Health Minist...
DATE: Nov 20, 2010
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Interviewers conducting this year's census were reluctant to go into certain neighbourhoods to collect questionnaires, Premier Paula Cox told the House of Assembly yesterday.
She said the survey of the Island's population — the first in a decade — wa...
DATE: Nov 20, 2010
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Non-Bermudian policemen outnumber local male officers but only just, according to figures provided to The Royal Gazette.
The staffing breakdown released by Bermuda Police Service reveals that there are 189 non-Bermudian male officers, compared to 155...
DATE: Nov 19, 2010
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Bermuda will sign up to an international bill of rights for women next year, Cabinet Minister Glenn Blakeney revealed yesterday.
And he pledged to bring forth amendments to the law to ban discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or age bef...
DATE: Nov 18, 2010
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