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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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Craig Cannonier, the former Premier, has broken his silence on a possible challenge for the leadership of the One Bermuda Alliance by saying that Michael Dunkley has his support.
“I have not challenged the Premier and I do support him,” he said in a ...
DATE: Dec 09, 2016
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Michael Dunkley claimed yesterday that the “tactics” used by those who organised last Friday’s protest outside Parliament were “not acceptable in Bermuda” and urged reporters to investigate further.
The Premier told a press conference: “I believe tha...
DATE: Dec 09, 2016
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The release of paedophile John Malcolm “Chalkie” White has exposed a “fantastically flawed system”, according to a leaked e-mail from Senator Jeff Baron.
Mr Baron, the Minister of National Security, likened himself to a janitor mopping up the mess le...
DATE: Dec 08, 2016
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A 75-year-old woman who was pepper-sprayed at Friday’s protest outside Parliament, described her fear yesterday at the response of riot police, claiming officers “treated us like a bunch of dogs”.
Great-grandmother Marie Smith told The Royal Gazette:...
DATE: Dec 07, 2016
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Randy Horton told yesterday how “appalled” he was at the scenes that unfolded outside the House of Assembly on Friday and admitted he “probably should have moved faster” to adjourn that day’s parliamentary proceedings.
The Speaker of the House told T...
DATE: Dec 07, 2016
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