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Freedom of information campaigner Heather Brooke will be one of the guest speakers at a forum on the public’s right to know later this month.
The Centre for Justice is hosting the session at the Centennial Hall at St Paul AME Church on Court Street i...
DATE: Mar 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Standard Premium Rates (SPR) for health insurance will rise by 7.7 percent, or around $19 per month according to draft regulations approved in the House of Assembly.
While Health Minister Zane DeSilva said the increase was lowered through the capping...
DATE: Mar 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Prison officers are concerned for their safety after a female officer was threatened by an inmate armed with a homemade shank at Westgate Correctional Facility - and a random search has turned up a slew of other weapons inside the prison.
The search ...
DATE: Mar 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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A woman was jailed for ten days after admitting slapping a police officer in the face when he tried to search her bag.
Tenora Steede, 22, told Magistrates’ Court she was angry that the officer questioned her in a bathroom at the St George’s Club on F...
DATE: Mar 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Police are asking for the public’s help in finding two missing teenagers.
Santina Harvey, 17, and 15-year-old Ashley Mussenden were both last seen on Friday, March 2.
Santina is dark brown skinned of slim build, approximately 5ft 7in, weighing aroun...
DATE: Mar 05, 2012
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Other
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Economy Minister Patrice Minors and PLP Whip Lovitta Foggo were today unveiled as the latest PLP candidates for the next general election.
Ms Minors will stand in Smith’s North and Ms Foggo will stand in St David’s.
* For more on this, see this websi...
DATE: Mar 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Government and the Opposition traded barbs last night over the One Bermuda Alliance’s commitment to a Tourism Authority.
The Opposition “can’t have it both ways”, charged Premier Paula Cox.
“They can’t say that they are going to privatise much of the...
DATE: Mar 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
This year’s police budget of more than $68 million won’t be enough to get the service up to full strength, Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards complained yesterday.
In his reply to the Budget, the One Bermuda Alliance MP said the Island’s gang probl...
DATE: Mar 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Robert Martyn, a Canadian lawyer found guilty of fraudulently obtaining Bermudian status in 2005, has been disbarred by the Law Society of Upper Canada.
Martyn now lives in the Bahamas, but had worked in Bermuda from the mid 1990s and granted status ...
DATE: Mar 05, 2012
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Other
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Nearly 40 Bermudians attended the first ever public meeting to give firsthand accounts of horrific experiences at the King Edward VII Memorial.
One woman broke down in tears as she recounted how the hospital nearly killed her husband not once but twi...
DATE: Mar 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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