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The same training course that recently put the Bermuda Regiment’s recruits through their paces is about to be turned over to volunteers for charity.
The Island Challenge will send teams of four through the beach runs, walls and wiggle spaces, from Wa...
DATE: Feb 03, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The United Bermuda Party yesterday hinted that it plans to run a candidate in Pembroke South West.
“As we in the United Bermuda Party continue our work to reform and rebuild, we are casting a serious eye focused on this constituency,” said Kim Swan ...
DATE: Feb 03, 2012
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Twenty-five-year-old Alexis Swan was yesterday unveiled as the One Bermuda Alliance’s general election candidate for Warwick South East.
Ms Swan will be one of youngest ever people seeking a place in Parliament as she takes on Lawrence Scott of the P...
DATE: Feb 03, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government is refusing to release a 16-page report on the Bermuda Land Development Company, which cost taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars.
The document was produced in 2010 by BLDC’s chairman and deputy chairman at the time, Edward Saunders and P...
DATE: Feb 03, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Aggressive police tactics, increased penalties for gang-related crimes, and mediation between warring gangs are key if Bermuda is to win the peace and put an end to the gang lifestyle, according to National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief.
Other m...
DATE: Feb 03, 2012
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Accused murderer Derek Spalding penned “graphic and crude” song lyrics about guns and violence, a jury heard yesterday.
The Surpreme Court trial heard earlier this week how the lyrics were found in his bedroom when Police searched his home in Septemb...
DATE: Feb 03, 2012
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The City of Hamilton is looking at revamping the dock space at Barr’s Bay Park to improve public usage.
At a recent Corporation meeting, alderman John Harvey said the City had spoken with an architect about creating a design for the refurbishment of ...
DATE: Feb 03, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Shadow Attorney General Trevor Moniz yesterday accused Cabinet Ministers of “tangling themselves up” over the Auditor General’s damning report on inappropriate public spending.
Mr Moniz said statements released in recent days by Premier Paula Cox, De...
DATE: Feb 03, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Island’s parole system faces sweeping changes, Attorney General Kim Wilson has announced.
New legislation will introduce tiered sentencing, as well as tiered criteria for parole eligibility.
The move was welcomed by newly-appointed chairman of th...
DATE: Feb 03, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Legislators are today being urged to reject proposed changes to the Human Rights Act in favour of amendments which bring Bermuda’s human rights regime in line with international standards.
The amendments to be debated today do not go far enough to c...
DATE: Feb 03, 2012
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