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Premier Ewart Brown's son Kevin last week pleaded not guilty to 33 felony sex counts in Los Angeles.
Associated Press reported that the LA physician denied molesting a dozen women at a hearing on June 17.
Kevin Antario Brown, 38, could face life in p...
DATE: Jun 23, 2009
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The number of years a lawyer must serve at the Bar before they can apply to become a Supreme Court judge has doubled from five to ten.
The increase was approved by MPs on Friday, when they passed the Supreme Court Amendment Act 2009.
The new law — an...
DATE: Jun 22, 2009
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New legislation allowing the incorporation of law firms was approved by MPs on Friday.
Deputy Opposition leader Trevor Moniz said the Bermuda Bar Amendment Act 2009 represented the "30 pieces of silver" owed to the Bermuda Bar Association after it ag...
DATE: Jun 22, 2009
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Government backbencher Neletha Butterfield told the House that the Uighurs controversy had given her one of the most difficult times of her political career.
She said her constituents, including young disaffected men who felt the Island was doing lit...
DATE: Jun 20, 2009
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Premier Ewart Brown admitted yesterday that he erred in telling MPs and the media that the four Uighurs from Guantánamo Bay had been deemed a "zero" security risk by Bermuda's Police Commissioner.
Dr. Brown told the House of Assembly he discovered th...
DATE: Jun 20, 2009
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Premier Ewart Brown admitted today he erred by announcing to MPs and the media a week ago that the four Guantánamo Bay Uighurs had been deemed a zero security risk by Bermuda’s Police Commissioner.
Dr. Brown said he discovered the information he gave...
DATE: Jun 20, 2009
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Democrat Patrick Leahy has become the latest American politician to praise Bermuda for taking in four former Guantánamo Bay prisoners.
He made a statement in the United States Senate voicing strong support for the Government's decision to offer asylu...
DATE: Jun 19, 2009
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The four Chinese Uighurs who arrived in Bermuda last week from Guantánamo Bay "cannot and should not go back" there, Sir Richard Gozney said yesterday.
The Governor told a press conference that though Britain viewed the "exchange of notes" between th...
DATE: Jun 18, 2009
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The four Chinese Uighurs who arrived in Bermuda last week “cannot and should not go back” to Guantánamo Bay, Sir Richard Gozney said today.
The Governor told a press conference that he did not want to go into details about the other options available...
DATE: Jun 17, 2009
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Premier Ewart Brown's decision to bring four Guantánamo Bay detainees to Bermuda has prompted his critics to hold a march outside Parliament this lunchtime.
But the organisers insisted last night that the 12.30 p.m. demonstration, which they expect h...
DATE: Jun 16, 2009
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