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Shadow Seniors and Social Services Minister Louise Jackson has criticised Government for a delay in delivering some Financial Assistance cheques this month.
Mrs Jackson said she had spoken to clients of the Department of Financial Assistance (DFA) wh...
DATE: Jun 22, 2011
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Health Minister Zane DeSilva has apologised for using the “disgusting, derogatory and disgraceful” term “jewing down” in Parliament.
Progressive Labour Party MP Mr DeSilva was lambasted by the Opposition after he used the phrase during a debate in th...
DATE: Jun 21, 2011
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A police investigation has been launched into corruption claims made in Supreme Court against former Premier Ewart Brown.
Commissioner of Police Michael DeSilva confirmed late yesterday afternoon that detectives had “commenced inquiries to determine ...
DATE: Jun 16, 2011
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A police car and a motorcycle collided on South Road in Devonshire yesterday morning.
No one was injured, according to a police spokesman, but both vehicles were damaged: the bike extensively so and the car moderately.
The crash happened just after 1...
DATE: Jun 14, 2011
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An anti-conscription campaigner has received top marks from his college professor for a paper calling for an end to Bermuda’s draft.
Jamel Hartman Hardtman wrote the 2,200-word ethics essay, entitled ‘Violating Human Rights for National Interest’, as...
DATE: Jun 14, 2011
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Acting Governor David Arkley has rejected the idea that the four Uighurs who arrived in Bermuda two years ago are on the Island to stay.
He told The Royal Gazette talks between Britain and the US about the future of the former Guantánamo Bay prisoner...
DATE: Jun 13, 2011
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A misspelt sign on the back of a government van has caused consternation and a few chuckles on a social networking site.
Photographs of the vehicle, emblazoned with the words “Bermuda Goverment”, were posted on Facebook yesterday, prompting numerous ...
DATE: Jun 13, 2011
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Shooting victim Raymond (Yankee) Rawlins was only 47-years-old when he died, but he’d encountered enough crime, violence and heartache to fill several lifetimes.
Known on the streets as Original Gangster, Mr Rawlins “was looked up to by other gang m...
DATE: Jun 10, 2011
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The number of people taking advantage of free food programmes has risen dramatically in recent months, according to charities involved in feeding the needy.
Seven organisations who dish out meals around the Island have joined together to form the Ber...
DATE: Jun 10, 2011
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Bermuda has reserved the right to deny assistance to America in criminal cases where the latter is seeking the death penalty, a US Senate committee heard this week.
The two countries signed a mutual legal assistance treaty to tackle money launderers,...
DATE: Jun 09, 2011
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