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Pepper spray is issued to police officers in Bermuda to give them a “tactical advantage in a violent encounter”, according to a policy document obtained by The Royal Gazette.
The Bermuda Police Service shared with this newspaper a redacted version of...
DATE: Dec 23, 2016
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Opposition leader David Burt said last night his party had “not advocated for people to impede access to Parliament” on February 3, when the controversial airport deal is again up for debate.
Mr Burt was asked by The Royal Gazette if the Progressive ...
DATE: Dec 23, 2016
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Labour activist LaVerne Furbert predicted yesterday that protesters would try to shut down Parliament for a second time over the airport redevelopment plan but she said they would be doing so only as a “last straw”.
Ms Furbert told The Royal Gazette ...
DATE: Dec 22, 2016
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Former deputy Premier Derrick Burgess has reiterated to the Commission of Inquiry that he did not know that “friends and family” of his and Ewart Brown had acquired interests in a company awarded a $70 million government contract.
Mr Burgess has subm...
DATE: Dec 22, 2016
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Police and politicians may face another protest on February 3 when the controversial airport redevelopment plan comes up for debate in the House of Assembly.
Comments posted on social media yesterday suggest a second demonstration is in the pipeline...
DATE: Dec 21, 2016
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The Bermuda Police Association has asked for a meeting with Jeff Baron, the Minister of National Security, to discuss a continuing dispute over their terms and conditions of employment.
But it has so far failed to contribute to a report about the iss...
DATE: Dec 16, 2016
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More than 30 objections were made about Preserve Marriage’s application to become a charity, but the island’s charity commissioners won’t release the details.
The statutory board which decides on applications for charitable status denied a public acc...
DATE: Dec 16, 2016
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A report by parliamentarians on how to protect children from sex predators will recommend creating a central “hub” for all the agencies dealing with complaints of abuse.
And, while it will stop short of recommending a complete public sex offenders’ r...
DATE: Dec 15, 2016
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Fourteen police officers were allegedly assaulted during the December 2 protest outside Parliament, according to the latest figures obtained by The Royal Gazette.
Meanwhile, as of yesterday afternoon, 26 members of the public had made complaints to t...
DATE: Dec 15, 2016
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A gay couple who are fighting a legal battle to be allowed to wed in Bermuda will have to wait until 2017 to have their day in court.
Bermudian Winston Godwin and his Canadian fiancé Greg DeRoche have brought a civil case against the Registrar-Genera...
DATE: Dec 14, 2016
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