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Bermudians need to stop being silent and speak up when they know about crime, Government backbenchers insisted on Friday.
Terry Lister told the House of Assembly he couldn't understand why more people weren't calling the confidential Crime Stoppers t...
DATE: Dec 14, 2009
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Government has dropped the ball on apprenticeship schemes for young Bermudians, Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons told the House of Assembly on Friday.
He said it was shocking that out of 22 occupational advisory committees set up to ensure tra...
DATE: Dec 14, 2009
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The body of a 64-year-old man was found in a house in Lighthouse Lane, Southampton just before 7 p.m. last night.
Police said they had launched an investigation into the sudden death and had not yet ruled out foul play.
A spokesman said: “Police firs...
DATE: Dec 12, 2009
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The body of a 64-year-old man was found in a house in Lighthouse Lane, Southampton just before 7 p.m. last night.
Police said they had launched an investigation into the sudden death and had not yet ruled out foul play.
A spokesman said: "Police firs...
DATE: Dec 12, 2009
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Government backbencher Patrice Minors claimed last night that young women "on the arms of thugs" are not innocent when it comes to the crimes perpetrated by their partners.
She told the House of Assembly during the Motion to Adjourn debate that it wa...
DATE: Dec 12, 2009
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Bermuda's four Uighurs expect to be given passports after a year on the Island, they told The Royal Gazette this week.
The men — who arrived from Guantánamo Bay exactly six months ago — said their American lawyer advised them they would not be able t...
DATE: Dec 11, 2009
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On June 11 this year, four prisoners from Guantánamo Bay landed in Bermuda, sparking a local and international media frenzy. Six months on, the former terror suspects are happily settled on the Island, leading quiet, busy lives far removed from their...
DATE: Dec 11, 2009
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Bermuda has bent over backwards to help the Uighurs from Guantánamo Bay settle here in their first six months, according to one of their US attorneys.
Jason Pinney told The Royal Gazette yesterday: "We have had other clients go to Palau and Albania. ...
DATE: Dec 11, 2009
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Countries around the world celebrate Human Rights Day today — but in Bermuda a basic human right for all citizens is still not on the statute books. The Premier has promised that a long-awaited change to the Human Rights Act to outlaw discrimination ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2009
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Volunteers are needed by the Women's Resource Centre to help out with two tag days this month.
The fund-raising will take place Friday and Saturday, December 18 and 19.
Toni Bridgewater, the centre's community educator/membership coordinator, said: "...
DATE: Dec 09, 2009
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