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One of the tightest marginal seats in the Country, Dame Jennifer Smith clung onto St. George's North for the Progressive Labour Party in the 2007 General Election, defeating Kenneth Bascome of the United Bermuda Party by 474 votes to 449.
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DATE: May 19, 2010
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An island on national parkland is to gain a new access bridge.
Planning officials have approved the excavation and reconstruction of the Ferry Island Bridge, at Ferry Point Park, in St. George's.
The footbridge, which links Ferry Island to St. George...
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Government has defended its controversial media council bill, claiming it is a "bit of a red herring" whether such a regulatory body is enshrined in law or not.
Premier Ewart Brown, the Minister responsible for the proposed legislation, did not comme...
DATE: May 19, 2010
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Five Police officers from the Caribbean are taking legal action after being dismissed from their jobs just two days before they reached ten years of service.
The officers claim they had been promised permanent, pensionable positions within the Bermud...
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Opposition MP John Barritt is being provided additional information on the renegotiated Coco Reef lease, but he said it is not good enough.
Mr. Barritt said the lease should be tabled in its entirety instead of coming out in drips, likening it to Chi...
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Man leaned into a Police car and swore
A man leaned into a Police car and swore at an officer who asked him to get out of the road, a court heard.
Pierre Sarolea, 30, admitted using offensive words when he appeared at Magistrates' Court yesterday.
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A new radio station could soon be filling the airways with "energetic party music" if the owners of the proposed station have their business proposal approved by the Telecommunications Commission.
A hearing was held yesterday evening by the Telecomm...
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A global human rights lawyer has written to Bermuda's MPs, urging them to give the Island's media the chance to set up its own regulatory body.
Toby Mendel, executive director of the Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) in Canada, sent his open letter ...
DATE: May 19, 2010
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A teenage associate of the Parkside gang was shot and injured on a busy street by the 42 gang in revenge for a murder, a prosecutor alleged.
J'Dun Thompson was 16 years old when he became the first victim of the violence on Court Street, Pembroke, at...
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The Human Rights Commission (HRC) is to discuss legislation requiring some Bermudians married to or living with a foreigner to get a licence for the home they own.
A spokesperson said the controversial law and the penalties for non-compliance are on...
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