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MPs will vote on a change to the Human Rights Act that would include regluations covering discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation this parliamentary session, according to a Government status report.
This morning the Government released a ...
DATE: Feb 03, 2011
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FIFA's appeals committee - headed by Bermudian Larry Mussenden - has upheld the three-year ban of Nigeria's Amos Adamu for seeking bribes during the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding races.
The committee, which is chaired by Bermuda Football Associatio...
DATE: Feb 03, 2011
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The Auditor General has given the Consolidated Fund - the general operating fund through which Government conducts the majority of its financial transactions - a qualifed audit for the third year running.
According to a statement from Premier Paula C...
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Premier Paula Cox said today that the first 100 days of her administration were about 'recalibrating' Government.
And she said the Budget had been pushed back a week because they needed more time.
When asked if this Budget was difficult, she said: “T...
DATE: Feb 03, 2011
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A man admitted robbing an elderly cashier in a city store when he appeared at Supreme Court yesterday.
Rasool Ebbin, 27, of Southampton targeted Estelle Dixon, 85, at the Card Cove shop on Queen Street at 9.30am on Saturday, February 27, 2010.
He ple...
DATE: Feb 03, 2011
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Across the world, cancer kills more people than HIV, malaria and tuberculosis combined.
February 4 is World Cancer Day, and the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre, as a member of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), is appealing for Bermu...
DATE: Feb 03, 2011
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A new book on slavery in Bermuda has been presented to Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith to commemorate February as Black History Month.
Aimed at children of 11 and up, “Freedom’s Flames: Slavery in Bermuda and the True Story of Sally Bassett” w...
DATE: Feb 03, 2011
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Cabinet Minister’s son Jahmel Blakeney has lost a bid to fight his extradition back to Bermuda on charges of attempted murder.
Mr Blakeney claimed in a handwritten letter to a United States judge that he was being held in custody “in violation of the...
DATE: Feb 03, 2011
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A road collision victim sobbed on the Supreme Court witness stand as he described being knocked down on a pedestrian crossing by an allegedly drunk motorcyclist.
Sylvan Dill, 47, suffered a double fracture to his right leg and a facial fracture in th...
DATE: Feb 03, 2011
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Police probe three burglaries
An upper level Smith’s apartment was targeted for burglary on Tuesday, with electronics and jewellery stolen.
However, a police spokesman said that attempts to enter the lower apartment in the same building were unsucces...
DATE: Feb 03, 2011
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