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Shadow Environment Minister Cole Simons has attacked Government's pledge to sign the Kyoto Protocol — claiming the Island is not in a position to execute the agreement.
Mr. Simons said the Protocol was executed on behalf of Bermuda and the rest of th...
DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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The Voters Rights Association has called for a Voters Bill of Rights.
In a press statement yesterday, it listed what it claims are absent rights in Bermuda including "the right to a predictable election date, the right to vote through a fair absentee...
DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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Employees at Bermuda Broadcasting Company walked out yesterday alleging poor working conditions - less than six months after walking out over the same thing.
Yesterday at noon, employees staged a sick-out and the news went off air. They are reportedl...
DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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The United Bermuda Party yesterday expanded on its "three strikes and you're out programme," explaining it would mean mandatory prison term extensions for the third serious offence.
However, Progressive Labour Party Minister David Burch yesterday dis...
DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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Auditor General Larry Dennis has threatened to sue Labour and Immigration Minister Derrick Burgess for libel.
He has instructed his lawyer Alan Dunch to act over comments Mr. Burgess made at a PLP rally last week, in which the Minister accused Mr. De...
DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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Bermuda is marking its first International Volunteer Day today as simultaneous events take place around the globe.
December 5 was declared International Volunteer Day (IVD) by the United Nations General Assembly in 1985. It is a day in which voluntee...
DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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A children's activist group has renewed calls for legislation on parental custody to be revamped in favour of shared parenting to help stem negative effects on children.
ChildWatch, issued the plea while inviting the public to attend its final semina...
DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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The United Bermuda Party has already met with financial experts to determine how they can fund their election pledges.
At a UBP lunch for professional women yesterday, UBP deputy leader Patricia Gordon Pamplin said her party had set up a financial co...
DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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One of the world's biggest cement companies has been named as the potential new bulk supplier for Bermuda by businessman Clifton Lambert.
The news comes the day after it was revealed the final scheduled cement supply ship had departed the Island at t...
DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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A woman who was on an objection list submitted to the Parliamentary Registrar said she was upset that the United Bermuda Party questioned her right to vote in Smith's North.
But the UBP have said they participated in the bipartisan process and includ...
DATE: Dec 04, 2007
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