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The Opposition is to submit a position paper to Cabinet on its proposed freedom of information law — calling for the legislation to be retroactive and to provide protection for whistle-blowers.
John Barritt, the United Bermuda Party's spokesman on le...
DATE: Nov 26, 2009
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A woman confronted a thief who broke into her car in Warwick on Monday evening.
Police said the woman parked her vehicle on Stacey Estates Road at about 8 p.m. and took some groceries inside her home. When she returned to the car, the man was inside....
DATE: Nov 26, 2009
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Public Safety Minister David Burch has criticised cinema-goers who witnessed the double Southside shooting but will not talk to Police.
He told the Senate yesterday: "I am ashamed to say that the most recent shooting has been met by a wall of silence...
DATE: Nov 24, 2009
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A young man who told detectives four months ago that he was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a former Bermuda Regiment officer has criticised the police investigation into his claims.
The 20-year-old said officers have told him hardly anything about ...
DATE: Nov 23, 2009
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Shadow Health Minister Louise Jackson has been presented with a portrait of her late husband by fellow politicians in what the Speaker of the House Stanley Lowe called an "expression of love and goodwill".
The gift was handed over to Mrs. Jackson sho...
DATE: Nov 23, 2009
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Works and Engineering Minister Derrick Burgess yesterday accused Opposition Senator Michael Dunkley of criticising the new Police and court building out of "ignorance or malice" and because of a "warped imagination".
But his remarks were struck from ...
DATE: Nov 21, 2009
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Hundreds of "shortchanged seniors" have been left out in the cold by Government's new FutureCare plan, according to Shadow Health Minister Louise Jackson.
She told the House of Assembly yesterday that the health insurance scheme was a "total, total d...
DATE: Nov 21, 2009
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Former Premier Alex Scott is urging the public to give their views on a proposed freedom of information law — before it's too late.
Government revealed on Tuesday that a November 30 deadline has now been set for citizens wanting to comment on the dra...
DATE: Nov 20, 2009
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Bermuda's forensic nurses say they could be utilised to help tackle escalating violence in the community.
The four nurses who form part of the Island's Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) believe their skills could be used more widely for preventive ...
DATE: Nov 20, 2009
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Independent MP Wayne Furbert is calling for a law which would force political parties to disclose financial donations above a certain amount — and reveal where they came from.
The former United Bermuda Party leader has tabled a motion in the House of...
DATE: Nov 19, 2009
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