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Premier Ewart Brown admitted yesterday that he erred in telling MPs and the media that the four Uighurs from Guantánamo Bay had been deemed a "zero" security risk by Bermuda's Police Commissioner.
Dr. Brown told the House of Assembly he discovered th...
DATE: Jun 20, 2009
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Hundreds of people staged a peaceful protest at Parliament Hill yesterday as the country awaited the results of a vote of no confidence in the Premier.
It was the second demonstration in four days against Dr. Ewart Brown, whom organisers accuse of au...
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Teenager Kellon Hill died from a fatal stab wound to the heart, Supreme Court heard yesterday.
Expert witness Chitra Rao, a forensic pathologist from Hamilton, Ontario, conducted an autopsy on Mr. Hill on August 12 2008. The 18-year-old had been stab...
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Premier Ewart Brown admitted today he erred by announcing to MPs and the media a week ago that the four Guantánamo Bay Uighurs had been deemed a zero security risk by Bermuda’s Police Commissioner.
Dr. Brown said he discovered the information he gave...
DATE: Jun 20, 2009
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Government backbencher Walter Roban accused the British Government of "inaction and ineptness" when dealing with matters on behalf of Bermuda. He said the UK had failed repeatedly to act in the interests of the Island.
Mr. Roban said that with regard...
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Teenagers Ryan Burrows and David Selley, both 18, carried a banner asking: 'Brown what about the future?'. Ryan said they decided to demonstrate because of "the youth coming up in the future".
"Bermuda has gone downhill," he said. "It's just the way...
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Premier Dr. Ewart Brown's Government this morning survived a motion of no confidence after he apologised for his Guantánamo Four actions which have infuriated Progressive Labour Party colleagues.
The Premier faced fierce criticism from both sides of ...
DATE: Jun 20, 2009
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Civil rights leader Reverend Al Sharpton is to visit Bermuda next week to meet with Premier Ewart Brown and clergy leaders in a show of support for accepting four Uighur prisoners.
Rev. Sharpton, president of the National Action Network, will be arri...
DATE: Jun 20, 2009
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Opposition Leader Kim Swan kicked off the debate with an impassioned speech in which he called on MPs from both sides to end Dr. Ewart Brown's "authoritarian, autocratic" leadership.
MPs were debating the motion put forward by the UBP that 'this Hono...
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Paul Hubbard’s Bermuda Oyster has withdrawn from this year’s Marion to Bermuda Race Cruising Yacht Race, The Royal Gazette can confirm.
The 65-year-old soon-to-be retired accountant notified race officials that he will not make the 645-nautical mile ...
DATE: Jun 20, 2009
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