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The atrocity of rampant ageism has failed to get the attention it deserves during debate over the Equality Act, former Attorney General Phil Perinchief has claimed.
Companies forcing people to retire at 65 — casting them on the “dung heap of humanity...
DATE: Jul 23, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
MPs will today debate plans to give Bermuda Monetary Authority power to impose penalties of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
BMA will also be able to censure an institution publicly, and ban it from providing certain services or publish information,...
DATE: Jul 20, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Public Works Minister Michael Weeks pleaded with people to properly dispose of their waste as he reminded them of punishments for illegal dumping.
Mr Weeks held a press conference at Aeolia Drive in Devonshire to complain about the frequent discardin...
DATE: Jul 19, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Shadow Transport Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin mocked Transport Minister Walter Roban for blaming the poor state of Bermuda’s ferries on salty water.
“The last I knew Bermuda is in the Atlantic, in a salty ocean,” the Paget West MP told the House ...
DATE: Jul 17, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Campaigners praised Families Minister Glenn Blakeney for breaking a six-year deadlock over debate on sexual orientation in the House of Assembly.
And they urged the Minister to press forward with legislation to reflect MPs’ desire to outlaw discrimin...
DATE: Jul 16, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Backbencher Terry Lister warned Bermuda’s children could be “cut off at the knees” as MPs passed amendments relaxing the 60-40 rule on foreign ownership.
The former Cabinet Minister said the law change — designed to help local companies attract forei...
DATE: Jul 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
MPs debated a take note motion on a proposed Equality Act in the House of Assembly on Friday night, among the issues raised was the need to give homosexuals protection against discrimination. The take note motion was brought to the House by Families ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Members of the House of Assembly took on the issue of racism and the vestiges of institutionalised racism late Friday night. The take note motion submitted by Kim Swan, who was elected under the United Bermuda Party back in December last year and rei...
DATE: Jul 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Homosexuals deserve protection against discrimination but Government has no intention of allowing same sex marriage, Families Minister Glenn Blakeney said yesterday.
The Minister stressed discrimination based on sexual orientation must be outlawed in...
DATE: Jul 14, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
MPs debated a take note motion on a proposed Equality Act in the House of Assembly yesterday, among the issues raised was the need to give homosexuals protection against discrimination. The take note motion was brought to the House by Families Minist...
DATE: Jul 14, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
