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An independent inquiry should look into communications between the government and police as officers prepared to take on protesters blocking the gates to Parliament, Walter Roban, the Shadow Minister of National Security, said this evening.
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DATE: Dec 07, 2016
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Bermuda Industrial Union president Chris Furbert has warned “the same thing” could happen again if the airport redevelopment debate goes ahead on Friday.
Mr Furbert told The Royal Gazette the chances of a repeat of last week’s protest outside the Hou...
DATE: Dec 07, 2016
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The campaign group Curb has declared its shock that riot police were deployed against “non-violent, unarmed individuals” during last Friday’s protest outside the House of Assembly.
“We further deplore the indiscriminate use of pepper spray, the first...
DATE: Dec 07, 2016
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The Department of Education has this afternoon released details of the plan to bus TN Tatem students to Clearwater Middle School.
According to a statement this afternoon, a series of buses will collect students from several areas in Paget and Warwick...
DATE: Dec 07, 2016
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Police are investigating the protests on Friday outside of Parliament, and the response from authorities, according to John Rankin, the Governor.
Mr Rankin said he had also been told by Michael DeSilva, the Commissioner, that he would be given a brie...
DATE: Dec 07, 2016
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The School House Nursery in Devonshire teamed up with chefs from Fourways Restaurant in Paget to decorate cookies, with the youngsters donating cash to go to a charity of Fourways choice.(Photographs by Akil Simmons)
DATE: Dec 06, 2016
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The Progressive Labour Party has said a poll showing it to be more popular than the ruling One Bermuda Alliance was an “encouraging endorsement”.
However, a spokeswoman for the party played down the importance of the results.
“The PLP does not place ...
DATE: Dec 06, 2016
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A teacher at Bermuda High School has been removed from the school due to “false declarations” and “irregularities in his employment records”.
Scott Brookes, hired through a UK employment agency, started working at BHS in September teaching science, ...
DATE: Dec 06, 2016
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Social activist Glenn Fubler has called on the community to heed lessons from the protests and riots of 1977.
Tensions exposed by a police crackdown on demonstrators outside Parliament have reverberated in the community, ranging from formal complaint...
DATE: Dec 06, 2016
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A ship carrying a huge cargo of specially built pontoons for the Caroline Bay marina has arrived in Bermuda.
The Stadiongracht, which originated in Finland, dropped anchor in the Great Sound on Friday.
A total of 36 pontoons, which range in length b...
DATE: Dec 06, 2016
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