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The Disco 40 days, when bouncers just had to be big, are firmly in the past, according to Junior National Security Minister Jonathan Smith.
Senator Smith said the Private Investigators and Security Guards Amendment Act, which ensures security guards ...
DATE: Jul 01, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government has to get a tighter grip on legal aid as costs are “spiralling out of control”, former Attorney General Kim Wilson said as the Senate passed the Legal Aid Amendment Act.
The legislation cuts down the number of people eligible for legal ai...
DATE: Jul 01, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Pedestrians are taking their lives into their hands on Bermuda's dangerous roads, claims Independent Senator Walwyn Hughes.
Sen Hughes was one of a number of Senators to warn about safety as the Upper House passed legislation allowing bigger trucks o...
DATE: Jul 01, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government Senator David Burt said the One Bermuda Alliance is putting politics before country after claiming it admitted reporting false information in a statement about budget cuts.
Senator Burt said Shadow Families Minister Donte Hunt had apologis...
DATE: Jun 30, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Pharmacists and doctors have raised fears that dangerous counterfeit drugs could make their way into Bermuda under new rules coming into effect tomorrow.
An order made by Health Minister Zane DeSilva in a bid to drive down healthcare costs will allow...
DATE: Jun 30, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The One Bermuda Alliance will struggle to get votes from blacks even though the Progressive Labour Party is governing badly, unless it begins addressing racism in the white community, according to activist Eva Hodgson.
Dr Hodgson warned the new Oppos...
DATE: Jun 28, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Opposition Senate leader Michael Dunkley is the public’s choice to lead the One Bermuda Alliance and the most popular out of 16 politicians polled in a new survey.
Twenty-two percent of voters said Senator Dunkley would be the best OBA leader, with a...
DATE: Jun 27, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda Industrial Union yesterday ended its long-running pay dispute with Government by accepting a 1.65 percent increase.
The deal works out at $17 a week extra for every member, regardless of their wage, president Chris Furbert told a press confer...
DATE: Jun 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Progressive Labour Party adopted candidates Leroy Bean and John Gibbons face a fight to hang onto their status after the party threw the door open for them to be challenged.
It's understood Tourism Minister Patrice Minors could move from Smith's Nort...
DATE: Jun 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The Ministry of Transport last night called on Bermuda Industrial Union to put the needs of the nation first in their row about proposed bus timetable changes.
Union members will today decide whether to take industrial action over concerns including ...
DATE: Jun 23, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
