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Immigration Minister David Burch says controversial plans to issue expats with ID cards will go ahead in the New Year amid complaints construction firms are flouting work permit rules.
Bermudians in the credit crunch-hit industry claim non-Bermudians...
DATE: Dec 17, 2009
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United Bermuda Party Senator Suzann Roberts-Holshouser yesterday urged victims of domestic violence to seek help — particularly as tempers can flare at Christmas time.
Sen. Roberts-Holshouser said attacks on women increase as alcohol consumption goes...
DATE: Dec 17, 2009
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Bermuda has lost a generation of young people because social problems have been ignored for many years, former Middletown resident Tillman Darrell claimed yesterday.
The United Bermuda Party candidate said gang violence has plagued the back of town s...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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Public Safety Minister David Burch today said he has backed down from his demand for control of policing and declared his support for new Commissioner Michael DeSilva’s bid to tackle gang violence.
“I do not give a monkey’s who is in charge of operat...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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The Premier and Deputy Premier's heads would roll if they'd run a business the way they've managed Bermuda's finances, Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards said yesterday.
Mr. Richards said the new Auditor General's damning verdict on Government's ha...
DATE: Dec 15, 2009
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Bermuda will get extra powers to manage global risks posed by countries prone to money laundering and terrorist financing, under legislation debated on Friday.
The Anti-Terrorism (Financial and Other Measures) Amendment Act was put together following...
DATE: Dec 14, 2009
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People who refuse to be searched at Customs can be arrested under PACE laws, as part of legislation passed through the House of Assembly on Friday.
Such an offence currently falls outside the Police And Criminal Evidence Act — the bill giving Police ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2009
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New Auditor General Heather Jacobs Matthews says she is unable to give Government's finances a clean bill of health after pointing to serious flaws in the handling of capital projects.
For the second year in a row, Government's Consolidated Fund rece...
DATE: Dec 12, 2009
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Premier Ewart Brown says addressing the psychological problems of at-risk schoolchildren could be the key to solving Bermuda's troubles with gang violence.
The Premier believes the relevant individuals can be identified at school and given the right ...
DATE: Dec 11, 2009
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More tenants will be protected against arbitrary rent hikes, under legislation due to be debated in the House of Assembly today.
Any home with an annual rental value of $27,000 ($2,250 a month) will be covered under rent control rules, as part of the...
DATE: Dec 11, 2009
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