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Bermuda Police will be issued with ‘Taser’ devices as officers step up the fight against gang crime, Public Safety Minister David Burch announced today.
Sen. Burch said he has approved the purchase of Tasers — which use electricity to temporarily inc...
DATE: Feb 10, 2010
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A bill improving oversight of Government policies and programmes was finally passed in the House of Assembly yesterday, two months after it had to be deferred following complaints.
Premier Ewart Brown made a number of amendments to the Internal Audit...
DATE: Feb 06, 2010
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New laws allowing Police to confiscate "hoodies" and disperse groups hanging out were tabled in the House of Assembly yesterday.
The amendments to the Criminal Code also increase officers' powers to stop and search as Government attempts to get to gr...
DATE: Feb 06, 2010
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Premier Ewart Brown will return to the House of Assembly today hoping to convince his critics to pass two bills they’ve complained about in the past.
One of them — a bill to waive cabin tax on cruise ships — is understood to have previously come unde...
DATE: Feb 05, 2010
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It's been one wake-up call after another for Bermuda in the past few months but, according to activist Gina Spence-Farmer, the message is still not getting through.
With homelessness on the rise and increasing overcrowding among those that can afford...
DATE: Feb 04, 2010
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Government is to investigate claims of overcrowding in houses — with 18 foreigners said to be living in one three-bedroom property alone.
It comes amid complaints from Bermudians that they are being made homeless while landlords make a big profit by ...
DATE: Feb 04, 2010
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Staff are no longer allowed to sleep on the job at Summerhaven residential home for the physically challenged following a critical review by an independent consultant.
Summerhaven Trust chairman John Powell yesterday said that for more than 20 years ...
DATE: Feb 04, 2010
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Help is out there for those who need it, MP Michael Weeks yesterday reminded people struggling in his Pembroke East Central constituency.
With growing numbers of residents unable to get jobs and reduced to living in tents and smashed up old cars, Mr....
DATE: Feb 03, 2010
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Major improvements to standards of practice will be made at Summerhaven residential home following an independent review.
Staff will no longer be allowed to sleep on the night shift and will all undergo CPR and first aid training, as part of a string...
DATE: Feb 03, 2010
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He's lived in a tent for the past three years, but Andrew Laws isn't so worried about himself — he's more concerned about the many young men following the same path of destruction he's been down.
A recovering drug addict, Mr. Laws says he's making th...
DATE: Feb 03, 2010
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