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Police need to tackle gun crime immediately if Bermuda's image as a safe destination is to be protected, says the Bermuda Democratic Alliance.
The party's comments followed this newspaper's revealing of Government's 2009 summer exit survey which poll...
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Children are the future and must be protected from fear of gang violence at all costs.
That was the message of Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) gang expert Tony (Pac Man) Moreno to the community last night.
Mr. Moreno, a 30-year veteran with the ...
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Carlena Caines' boyfriend skipped the Island after allegedly beating a man unconscious, on an airline pass she issued him, Supreme Court heard.
A jury was told the mother-of-two abused her position with US Airways, and printed the ticket that enabled...
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Parents are wondering what the next step is in the Ministry of Education's reform plan for schools.
The Royal Gazette reported two weeks ago that the Ministry is looking at plans to drastically change the public school system.
East End, Prospect, Gi...
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A teenager who alleges she was raped by a family friend sobbed and threatened to walk out of court after a defence lawyer accused her of lying.
The girl told Magistrates' Court on Monday that the man attacked her while she was in the bathroom at her ...
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Crime fell 3.9 percent in 2009 compared to the previous year, but violent crime rose 6.2 percent.
Firearm offences increased 82 percent in the same period, with 42 confirmed incidents taking place across the Island.
The Bermuda Police Service presen...
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Doctors from Bermuda operated on 70 survivors of the Haiti earthquake in the first three days of this week.
Giving an update on their work yesterday, Dr. Christopher Johnson said: "We are so blessed to be here and we continue to do what we can."
He a...
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Premier Ewart Brown was due to meet yesterday with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia — owner of Elbow Beach Hotel — in the Middle Eastern country.
A press release issued by the Premier's Office last night said he and wife Wanda would be in Saudi Arabi...
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Premier Ewart Brown has been in Saudi Arabia conducting Government business this week, however it is not costing the taxpayer anything, his press secretary stated last night.
A press release sent out by the Premier's Office on Wednesday evening said ...
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Sam Strangeways
Police released detailed crime statistics yesterday.
Overall arrests rose by 40 percent. Firearm offences increased by 82 percent from 19 in 2008 to 42 last year.
Included in the statistics was a breakdown of robberies and burglaries by parish.
Robb...
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