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Politicians last night called for harsher penalties for criminals following the recent surge in gun violence in the community.
Progressive Labour Party backbencher Wayne Perinchief told the House of Assembly that Government should consider reinstitut...
DATE: Dec 12, 2009
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Premier Ewart Brown yesterday had to defer a bill improving oversight of Government policies and programmes after Opposition MPs complained it didn't go far enough.
In the morning, the Premier had introduced the Internal Audit Act, which sets up a ne...
DATE: Dec 05, 2009
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The United Bermuda Party discussed the Uighurs controversy with Foreign Secretary David Miliband in a meeting at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess on Thursday morning.
Opposition Leader Kim Swan, his deputy Trevor Moniz and Shadow Finance Minister Bob R...
DATE: Nov 28, 2009
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Bermuda's strained relationship with the UK has dominated leading British media reports on the Queen's visit to the Island this week.
The BBC and The Times both highlighted the tension since the Premier brought four former Guantánamo Bay prisoners to...
DATE: Nov 26, 2009
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So much left to do, just one year to do it in — Tim Smith looks at what Premier Ewart Brown might promise in what he vows will be "one of the boldest Throne Speeches ever".
In two days' time Premier Ewart Brown will kick off his final year in office ...
DATE: Nov 04, 2009
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Family and friends are rallying round a man who broke his back after falling three storeys at a friend's birthday barbecue.
Clinton Madgwick has undergone two operations on his lumber vertebrae but doctors say it could take a year for him to walk aga...
DATE: Nov 02, 2009
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The US has "closed the file" on its former baselands in Bermuda and is highly unlikely to ever reopen discussions on the clean-up of the land, according to the author of a new book.
Don Grearson, whose 450-page 'USS Bermuda — The Rise and Fall of an ...
DATE: Oct 30, 2009
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United Bermuda Party leader Kim Swan is opening up discussion on topics such as gambling, Independence and race through his new website.
The embattled leader has launched the initiative as he prepares to square up with Shadow Finance Minister Bob Ric...
DATE: Oct 27, 2009
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Support for Independence has grown slightly following a summer in which Bermuda's relationship with the UK has been thrown into the spotlight.
However, 66 percent of people remain opposed to splitting from Britain in The Royal Gazette's poll, carried...
DATE: Oct 26, 2009
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Fears over the state of Bermuda's economy have doubled in recent months among gloomy headlines and large-scale redundancies.
A poll was commissioned by The Royal Gazette which was conducted earlier this month by Research.bm.
It showed the economy and...
DATE: Oct 23, 2009
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