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Former Police Commissioner Jonathan Smith yesterday confirmed he has joined the Progressive Labour Party.
Mr. Smith — the brother of former United Bermuda Party Minister Tim Smith — said he believes it is time for Bermudians to play their part in bre...
DATE: Nov 13, 2009
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United Bermuda Party MP John Barritt is to relaunch his bid to give the prosecution the same right of appeal as the defence in criminal cases.
Mr. Barritt is today hoping to table the Court of Appeal Amendment Act, which will mean the Crown can appea...
DATE: Nov 13, 2009
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Bermuda could start exporting queen bees as the Ministry of Environment seeks to cash in on the Island's unusually disease-free buzzing population.
Minister Glenn Blakeney explained Bermuda's ideal location in the middle of the ocean has helped its b...
DATE: Nov 12, 2009
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Bermuda's 293 Justices of the Peace — as well as people over 65 — could soon start sitting on juries, Attorney General Kim Wilson revealed yesterday.
And Sen. Wilson said expats could also be considered as Government looks to widen the pool from whic...
DATE: Nov 12, 2009
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Bermuda's new national service programme will help stamp out some of the feeling of entitlement affecting young people, Public Safety Minister David Burch told a press conference on Tuesday.
Specific details on the Throne Speech initiative remain und...
DATE: Nov 12, 2009
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A 48-year-old Southampton man was taken to hospital after his motorcycle crashed with a car in Pembroke.
Police say the accident happened at the junction of Dundonald Street and Brunswick Street, as the car travelled west and the bike east at 9.15 a....
DATE: Nov 10, 2009
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No jobs will be lost as race group CURE transfers responsibilities to the Department of Statistics, Culture and Social Rehabilitation Minister Neletha Butterfield said yesterday.
Government has already begun its review of the Commission for Unity and...
DATE: Nov 10, 2009
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The redevelopment of Bermuda's hospital will get special planning permission under legislation tabled in the House of Assembly.
The King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (Special Planning Permission) Bill 2009 was given its first reading by Health Minist...
DATE: Nov 10, 2009
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Former Minister Dale Butler's proposal to ban discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation was rejected by Cabinet, Culture Minister Neletha Butterfield revealed yesterday.
Ms Butterfield told a Throne Speech press conference the idea of addin...
DATE: Nov 10, 2009
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A tree was planted in the grounds of the House of Assembly in honour of the late Health Minister Nelson Bascome.
Mr. Bascome's widow Shirlene and his old friend Premier Ewart Brown performed the ceremony on Friday in front of onlooking MPs to mark th...
DATE: Nov 09, 2009
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