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A probe launched more than 19 months ago into sexual misconduct allegations at the Bermuda Regiment has yet to be completed by the Human Rights Commission.
The news was revealed by Senator LaVerne Furbert, Junior Minister for Youth, Families, Sports ...
DATE: Jun 06, 2011
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The e-mail addresses and telephone numbers of more than 1,200 people have been published on Government’s website.
The sensitive data was available to view last week on a customer feedback page concerning the Transport Control Department at www.gov.b...
DATE: Jun 06, 2011
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Attacks on women are likely to rise as a result of Bermuda’s struggling economy, according to a charity boss.
Elaine Williams, executive director of the Women’s Resource Centre (WRC), told an Amnesty event on Saturday evening that the recession would...
DATE: Jun 02, 2011
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A preacher who delivered an anti-gay rant at an event to promote peace has been asked to leave a newly-formed community group.
Scott Smith told The Royal Gazette he agreed to withdraw from Together for Bermuda (TFB) because of the controversy surroun...
DATE: May 31, 2011
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A 21-year-old armed robber who held up a Smith’s shop at gunpoint was sentenced to eight years in prison this morning.
Curtis Mallory, 21, burst into Fresh ‘N’ New, on Devil’s Hole Hill, on January 2 and pulled a firearm from the waistband of his pan...
DATE: May 06, 2011
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US Consul General Grace Shelton told her bosses in Washington she had a “guarded confidence” that police in Bermuda were on the right track in tackling crime.
Her comment was written in a “sensitive” cable which she sent to the US Government on Janua...
DATE: May 03, 2011
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A “cool and levelheaded” British couple arrived safely in Bermuda last night after spending the previous 36 hours at sea bailing buckets of water out of their 44ft sloop.
The couple’s boat Dream or Two got into difficulties about 130 miles south-sout...
DATE: May 03, 2011
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Workers’ rights will come under the spotlight at a public forum taking place tomorrow.
The Committee for Migrant Workers is hosting the session at the Bermuda Industrial Union’s headquarters in Hamilton, from 5.30pm to 7pm.
Panelists include Catholi...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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A charity director claims the Island’s potential pensions crisis could be eased at almost no cost simply by adding a word to the Human Rights Act.
James McCulloch, treasurer of Age Concern, says it is “high time” discrimination on the grounds of age ...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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One of Bermuda’s four Uighurs has got married and is expecting a child with his wife, his lawyer has revealed.
Boston-based attorney Sabin Willett announced the news in an article posted on the Lawfare blog last week. He wrote of the four men who cam...
DATE: Apr 28, 2011
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