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Progressive Labour Party candidate Marc Bean will not take a drug test before the Warwick South Central by-election — unlike his political rivals.
The other two contenders to become MP for constituency 26 — Bermuda Democratic Alliance's Sylvan Richar...
DATE: Nov 12, 2010
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Government backbencher Wayne Perinchief claims Bermuda Police Service needs to recruit more local males because it has become "largely expatriate and disconnected from the general populace".
He told MPs this week that an overhaul of the Service "from...
DATE: Nov 12, 2010
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Schoolchildren are affiliating themselves with gangs in the belief that it will "keep them safe", a senior Police officer has told MPs.
Assistant Commissioner David Mirfield told the first public meeting of a new parliamentary committee on violent cr...
DATE: Nov 12, 2010
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The president of Bermuda Football Association (BFA) has warned troublemakers to keep their "social issues" away from soccer games after a fight broke out after yesterday's Cup Final.
Larry Mussenden told The Royal Gazette that the fracas at about 5 p...
DATE: Nov 12, 2010
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Schoolchildren are affiliating themselves with gangs in the belief that it will “keep them safe”, a senior Police officer told MPs today.
Assistant Commissioner David Mirfield told the first public meeting of the new parliamentary committee on violen...
DATE: Nov 10, 2010
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Teachers already working in the public school system have been asked by the Department of Education to produce evidence of their qualifications.
A memo sent to all school staff on November 4, obtained by The Royal Gazette, asks them to provide copies...
DATE: Nov 10, 2010
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A scholarship fund set up in memory of a talented young sailor who died in a road crash last month now stands at $15,000, thanks to a recent donation.
Tanker fleet firm Teekay Corporation gave $5,000 to the Adam Goodwin Marine/Mentor Scholarship, whi...
DATE: Nov 10, 2010
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The stepson of Opposition leader Kim Swan has been spared the death penalty and sentenced to life in prison without parole for murdering a US state trooper.
A jury in North Carolina failed to come to a unanimous decision yesterday on how to deal with...
DATE: Nov 09, 2010
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MPs could vote on a change to the law to ban discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation this parliamentary session, according to Cabinet Minister Glenn Blakeney.
The new Youth, Families and Community Development Minister said on Friday: "We ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2010
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Wayne Perinchief was made Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly on Friday morning, replacing former Premier and new Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith.
Mr. Perinchief was nominated by fellow Government backbencher Randy Horton during the first ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2010
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