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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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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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Dale Butler's premiership ambitions could fail because he supports banning discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, according to the Premier's consultant Rolfe Commissiong.
Mr. Commissiong said Mr. Butler's call to amend the Human Rights ...
DATE: Jan 12, 2010
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Popular MP Dale Butler is considering running for Premier — but suspects core Progressive Labour Party members will turn him down because of his liberal views.
The former Culture Minister says many of his beliefs — such as the need to stop beating up...
DATE: Jan 11, 2010
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For one gang member's mother, desperate times call for desperate measures.
"If they'd allow me, I'd say give me the gun, let me shoot him. Let me put him out," said the woman about her 30-year-old son whose lifestyle has repeatedly heaped misery on h...
DATE: Jan 05, 2010
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Police will focus on road safety awareness campaigns after putting plans for better technology on hold due to the economic crisis.
Commissioner Michael DeSilva said funds will be so tight in 2010 that the force won't be able to pursue modern equipmen...
DATE: Dec 28, 2009
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Getting rid of incompetent teachers and clearing dead wood out of the Ministry of Education should be the priority for improving the dismal schools system, said activist Myron Piper.
Mr. Piper — who is compiling ideas on education reform for Bermuda ...
DATE: Dec 23, 2009
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Activist Myron Piper is backing Bermuda Democratic Alliance to succeed where he believes the Progressive Labour Party has failed — by empowering black people.
Mr. Piper, a builder and entrepreneur planning to run for the BDA at the next General Elect...
DATE: Dec 22, 2009
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It's not exactly been set up for Michael DeSilva to ease himself in gently as the Island's new Police Commissioner.
Three men shot dead in the past couple of weeks — including one the night before he was sworn in and another on his second day in char...
DATE: Dec 21, 2009
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Bermuda's gangs are swarming with huge numbers of young men who fear for their lives and want to get out but can't, according to new Police Commissioner Michael DeSilva.
Many of the Island's 350 or so gangsters joined under the impression they were g...
DATE: Dec 21, 2009
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