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Police today announced a new Gang and Violence Reduction Strategy as they formalised their approach to tackling the Island’s soaring gun and drugs problems.
Identifying prolific offenders will be top of the force’s priorities, according to details of...
DATE: Jan 21, 2010
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The Progressive Labour Party field will be thrown wide open before the next General Election after changes to party rules got the go-ahead at Alaska Hall.
Any PLP members who meet certain criteria — such as a background in public service — will now b...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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Government should encourage companies to take on out-of-work young men — and help fund their wages and development, according to Hamilton West MP Wayne Furbert.
Mr. Furbert says much of the gang trouble plaguing the Island in recent months is due to ...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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Fear of crime in Bermuda is now so high all other social issues pale into insignificance, according to a new poll.
Sixty-nine percent of people named crime as their number one concern in a Research.bm survey carried out a few days after Perry Puckeri...
DATE: Jan 19, 2010
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Any MP hoping to succeed Premier Ewart Brown must declare their intentions by May 1, if proposed changes to Progressive Labour Party rules are passed tonight.
Party reformers say they want to ensure voters get plenty of time to assess leadership cand...
DATE: Jan 18, 2010
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Shipments of roses containing spider mites which could have damaged crops across the Island were seized by Environment inspectors.
Following the discovery of adult, juvenile and eggs of mites on a "disturbingly high" number of roses in mid-December, ...
DATE: Jan 18, 2010
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All Progressive Labour Party members have been sent a memo warning of the distress they cause speaking about the party to The Royal Gazette.
Chairman Anthony Santucci e-mailed his message after well-known party figures Dale Butler and Rolfe Commissio...
DATE: Jan 15, 2010
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The Progressive Labour Party has more than doubled its lead over the United Bermuda Party — with less than half of whites now supporting the official Opposition.
Forty percent of people said they would vote PLP in a new poll by Research.bm, compared ...
DATE: Jan 14, 2010
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Race adviser Rolfe Commissiong has hit back at claims Bermuda has been badly lacking a conversation on young black men.
Mr. Commissiong said the study on black youths by Columbia University Professor Ronald Mincy — released two months ago — had opene...
DATE: Jan 14, 2010
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The Progressive Labour Party faces an uphill task convincing young people the racial animosity is all in the past as it prepares for its last few months under Premier Ewart Brown, according to former Senator Davida Morris.
Ms Morris — who has frequen...
DATE: Jan 12, 2010
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