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The man implementing wide-ranging reforms under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) hopes they should be fully in place by next year.
Mark Crampton, a former senior officer from the UK, is managing the four-phase introduction of the legislati...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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Work on the $80 million redevelopment of 9 Beaches is expected to start by the end of the summer as the resort eagerly awaits the return of guests.
The “expansion, upgrade and redevelopment” of the resort at Daniel’s Head, Sandys, is now a step clos...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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Government should stop giving itself “pats on the back” and instead “hold its collective heads in shame” when considering its management of the Island’s social ills.
This is according to United Bermuda Party MP Charlie Swan, who said he has noticed ...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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The Women’s Resource Centre is hosting an awareness workshop next week giving women tips on personal safety and self-defence.
The seminar is part of a series, which started earlier this summer, aiming to proactively empower women.
Others have inclu...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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Almost three-quarters of people are unhappy with Government's handling of finances, according to a poll by Mindmaps.
The economy has also displaced crime as the number one issue facing the Island for the first time since January 2009.
It comes after ...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A miscalculation in ferry passenger numbers caused tourists to be left behind in St George’s, Government has said.
King’s Square was the scene of lengthy queues, as well as irate visitors, when Monday’s 3.45pm ferry back to the West End turned many a...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 36-year-old man who punched another man unconscious in a Hamilton bar has been granted permission to repatriate to the UK.
Richard Brown finished work in Bermuda yesterday and his permit is expected to expire at the end of this month, his lawyer Al...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons says Bermuda College needs to improve its perception among young people to address an alarming fall in enrolment figures.
Dr Gibbons pointed to statistics showing just 295 full-time students enrolled at the Col...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Shadow National Security Minister Michael Dunkley claimed today that a Westgate prisoner was as "high as a kite" when seen by visiting members of a committee on crime.
He was speaking in the Senate and also said that an inmate had to be picked up by ...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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A visitor was robbed of a handbag by a man on a passing motorcycle.
Two visitors were riding a rental cycle on North Shore Road near the junction with Wilkinson Avenue yesterday when a thief removed the bag from the cycle's basket as he rode past.
Th...
DATE: Jul 12, 2011
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