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plans to reform sentencing options for criminals while introducing a seat-belt law.
Also in the works are the long promised amalgamation of the lower courts and Hamilton Police Station into one building and a change in Police oversight laws.
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Magnus Henagulph It was a hot morning on Front Street yesterday as political friction added to the warm sunshine and high humidity at the first Throne Speech of the new Millennium.
The absence of protesting UBP MPs went unnoticed by visitors and loc...
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disrespect by boycotting the Throne Speech yesterday.
Certainly the move was disrespectful to the traditions not only of the Bermuda Parliament but Westminister as well where the custom of Black Rod bringing the Members of the House to the Upper Cham...
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until Government solved staff shortages and over-crowding at the Island's jails which has led to some prisoners being forced to sleep on the floor.
Chairman of the Prison Officer's Association (POA) Michael Tuzo said the 190 prison workers would not ...
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A coordinator to roll out the red carpet to hotel investors will be appointed soon.
Government revealed plans to appoint a person to act as a first point of contact for potential developers and existing hoteliers who want to take advantage of concess...
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haunting Scottish lament, "The Flowers of the Forest'', on the bagpipes. Most often played at funerals and memorial occasions, thousands of Bermudians would have heard him during Rememberance Day ceremonies at the Cenotaph.
The words were written by ...
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Government intends to enhance the role of the Bermuda Regiment's full-time soldiers.
And plans being considered for the Island's part-time soldiers include reducing the number of conscripts and their length of service.
Yesterday's Throne Speech, whic...
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United Bermuda Party MPs yesterday carried out the first boycott of the Throne Speech in history to protest Government's planned constitutional changes, which they fear could lead to a "dictatorship''.
Premier Jennifer Smith later branded the move "d...
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The new Senior School curriculum is now complete, with the monitoring and support for the implementation of the new S2 courses underway and the pre-implementation training for the new S3 courses planned for Spring 2001.
Government believes that the d...
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Government presented a laundry list of reforms to Bermudian public life yesterday in its third Speech from the Throne.
Changes in how the country elects Parliamentarians, increased electronic government, and changes to public order legislation lead d...
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