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Turning the Regiment into a full-time unit and giving it increased responsibilities should attract enough volunteers that conscription is no longer necessary, according to the Minister of National Security.
Wayne Perinchief outlined the plans followi...
DATE: Nov 05, 2012
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Bermuda needs to create a better record of local soldiers who fought overseas, a veterans’ advocate has insisted.
Carol Everson, case worker for charity Bermuda Legion, said although many Bermudians fought in wars in the 1900s, their names haven’t be...
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The House of Assembly may date back almost 400 years but has taken a step into the modern age, with proceedings now streamed on the internet.
Announcing the new move, Speaker of the House Stanley Lowe told Parliament that the stream can be accessed a...
DATE: Nov 05, 2012
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It was all smiles in a crowded Cabinet Office room as Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith thanked organisations that have signed on for a work experience programme.
The Career Pathways programme has taken flight, with 223 public senior school stud...
DATE: Nov 05, 2012
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Gunshots were reported at an Eastdale Lane, Southampton residence around 11pm last night. Police officers responded and found forensic evidence at the scene which confirmed that a firearm had been discharged. However, there there were no reported inj...
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Several arrests have been made and a man is in hospital following a fight at St David’s Cricket Club during the Dudley Eve semi-final football match between Somerset Trojans and St George’s Colts yesterday.
Police have given few details about the dis...
DATE: Nov 05, 2012
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Government has pledged to replace Bermuda’s outdated Human Rights Act with broader legislation that addresses sexual orientation and age discrimination.
The current legislation “no longer meets the standard for human rights in a 21st century democrac...
DATE: Nov 05, 2012
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Bermuda will return the Progressive Labour Party to Government at the next General Election, Premier Paula Cox told party supporters this weekend.
“We’re going to do some nation-building right here at home,” she said, quoting former South African pre...
DATE: Nov 05, 2012
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Government has pledged to provide a grant to the Bermuda Industrial Union Credit Union in the next fiscal year.
The amount of money to be given has yet to be stated.
Government announced in the Throne Speech on Friday that the grant was “in keeping w...
DATE: Nov 05, 2012
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A bill setting out the role of two Government Ministries in the arenas of immigration and border protection was tabled in the House of Assembly by Minister of National Security Wayne Perinchief.
The Bermuda Immigration and Protection (No 2) Bill reas...
DATE: Nov 05, 2012
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