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Government MP Wayne Furbert believes registrar Randy Scott was "off base" to blame large numbers of wrongly registered voters on politicians' failure to get into their constituencies.
And Bermuda Democratic Alliance Leader Craig Cannonier backed Unit...
DATE: Jun 16, 2010
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Police will be tightening security through two pieces of legislation tabled at the House of Assembly.
Under the Telecommunications Amendment Act, all telephone companies must install equipment allowing Police to wiretap their lines to help catch crim...
DATE: Jun 16, 2010
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The Bermuda Plan 2008 paves the way for clusters of multi-storey commercial and residential buildings outside the city, according to environmental campaigners BEST.
Chairman Stuart Hayward yesterday warned of a string of concerns related to the docum...
DATE: Jun 16, 2010
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Politicians need to get out in their constituencies more to ensure voters are registered properly, according to registrar Randy Scott.
Mr. Scott believes about 2,000 voters are registered incorrectly — many able to vote in places they no longer live ...
DATE: Jun 15, 2010
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People could be forced to move out of their homes as Bermuda braces itself for storm surges and coastal flooding, Premier Ewart Brown warned yesterday as he launched a debate on climate change.
Dr. Brown pointed to a host of alarming findings from An...
DATE: Jun 12, 2010
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Future flooding problems, storm surges, a shortage of fossil fuels and the threat of disease from rising temperature — environmental challenges lurking around the corner will come under the spotlight in the House of Assembly today.
Shadow Environment...
DATE: Jun 11, 2010
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United Bermuda Party MP John Barritt last night called for an Auditor General investigation into Government's $800,000 municipalities review.
Mr. Barritt said the Office of the Speaker of the House has now confirmed Government is refusing to answer h...
DATE: Jun 11, 2010
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Senate rules will be suspended next week to make sure there's enough time for Senators to debate the new Bermuda Plan.
The decision — due to "time constraints" according to clerk Clark Somner — comes after Public Safety Minister David Burch decided t...
DATE: Jun 11, 2010
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Tough new laws tackling gun crime — controversially sped through the House of Assembly last Friday — have stalled after Public Safety Minister David Burch decided the Senate didn't need to sit this week.
Both Opposition parties yesterday asked why Go...
DATE: Jun 10, 2010
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Bermudian businessman Andre Curtis faces trial within the next three months over his part in an alleged multimillion dollar Ponzi scheme in the United States.
Investigators in Montana hope they have enough proven facts against Mr. Curtis that the tri...
DATE: Jun 10, 2010
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