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Work is now underway to repair Evans Bay public dock just weeks after it was branded an “unsafe and embarrassing eyesore”.
MP Charlie Swan hit out at Government for doing “absolutely nothing” to address the decay at the popular swimming, boating and...
DATE: Dec 14, 2011
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Government needs to finally confront the tougher factors behind the Island’s gang violence problems, MPs claimed in the House of Assembly.
Progressive Labour Party backbencher Ashfield DeVent said Bermuda needs a “real dose of honesty” as he implored...
DATE: Dec 14, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Former Premier Alex Scott urged his Parliamentary colleagues to ensure the Horton Committee’s report mirrors the success of the Pitt Commission by helping bring gun violence to an end.
In an impassioned House of Assembly speech, Mr Scott said the ans...
DATE: Dec 14, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A man who locked a ten-year-old boy in a restaurant bathroom and sexually assaulted him has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Jomar Akbar Caines, 36, from Pembroke, also attacked two people who attempted to intervene after hearing the victim’s cr...
DATE: Dec 14, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Anti-violence committee chairman Randy Horton issued a rallying cry for Bermuda to rescue its young men from their deadly spiral.
“We have to find a way to save our young men,” said Mr Horton as he kicked off a House of Assembly debate on the gun vio...
DATE: Dec 14, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A succession of Government MPs praised a move to set up a ‘Google Earth’ style register of all land in Bermuda.
Members including former Premier Dame Jennifer Smith, backbencher Dennis Lister and Health Minister Zane DeSilva said the Land Title Regis...
DATE: Dec 14, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Giorgio Zanol has made history as the oldest person to complete the Everest Marathon, conquering the hardest event he has faced in his 30 years as a runner.
At the age of 70, the Lindo’s supermarket boss ran 26.2 miles on the slopes of the world’s ta...
DATE: Dec 14, 2011
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Scott Neil
Economy Minister Kim Wilson was yesterday announced as the ruling party’s General Election candidate for Sandys South Central.
Premier Paula Cox described Minister Wilson as “our female pit bull” who was prepared to do the hard work.
The Minister pai...
DATE: Dec 14, 2011
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One Bermuda Alliance has declared itself supportive of Government’s Energy White Paper, but in the House of Assembly on Monday night argued it was overdue.
Shadow Environment Minister Cole Simons said the strategic objectives of the policy were worth...
DATE: Dec 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The judge in the Noet Barnett attempted murder case has started summing up, and a verdict may come today.
Mr Barnett, 25, is accused of injuring Jeremiah Dill, 28, in an allegedly gang-motivated drive-by shooting in Pembroke on October 4 2010.
The tr...
DATE: Dec 14, 2011
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