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A civil liberties group is seeking legal advice from a British QC on whether amendments to add sexual orientation and age to the Human Rights Act would give less protection than Government's proposed equality bill.
The Centre for Justice, which is ho...
DATE: Jul 24, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A violent electrical storm that swept over Bermuda yesterday evening briefly knocked out the Island’s 911 emergency phone number service.
An urgent message was put out by the Bermuda Police Service to advice Islanders to call the main police number i...
DATE: Jul 24, 2012
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A magistrate yesterday insisted she feared for her safety after she was shouted at by a man outside a grocery store.
Nicole Stoneham told Magistrates’ Court she was waiting to use an ATM machine outside the ModernMart in Paget when she was confronted...
DATE: Jul 24, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
High administrative costs are diverting key revenue away from healthcare, and contributing to a deficit for Government’s health insurance, according to the Opposition.
Figures released in Friday’s House of Assembly for the year ending March 31, 2010 ...
DATE: Jul 24, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Increasing levels of violence are being reported in the Island’s cases of domestic abuse, according to the Centre Against Abuse.
Executive director Laurie Shiell said the domestic violence charity is also confronting a greater number of family situat...
DATE: Jul 24, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
CableVision customers will continue to receive Bermuda Broadcasting channels as part of their subscription.
The agreement ends a long-running dispute between the two companies regarding the carriage of Bermuda Broadcasting channels seven and nine.
Th...
DATE: Jul 23, 2012
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A teenager admitted handling a gun and ammunition this morning, shortly before his trial was due to begin.
Darrion Simons, of Crane Lane, Pembroke, was caught red handed with the Smith and Wesson pistol and five .38 calibre bullets on November 5 last...
DATE: Jul 23, 2012
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Court
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The atrocity of rampant ageism has failed to get the attention it deserves during debate over the Equality Act, former Attorney General Phil Perinchief has claimed.
Companies forcing people to retire at 65 — casting them on the “dung heap of humanity...
DATE: Jul 23, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The House of Assembly passed a raft of legislation aimed at regulating various aspects of Bermuda’s financial institutions.
The legislation also boosts the power of the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA), granting it the ability to impose penalties of ...
DATE: Jul 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
MPs have approved the granting of a 50-year lease of land at Prospect in Devonshire for the new Bermuda Football Association headquarters.
Government Estates Minister Michael Scott told the House of Assembly that the 0.71 acres known as Gym Field, w...
DATE: Jul 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
