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The Attorney General yesterday promised a raft of measures to modernise Bermuda’s criminal justice system including legislation to protect vulnerable victims and witnesses.
Senator Philip Perinchief told a conference that a change in the law was need...
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Sam Strangeways
SEVEN years ago, Bermuda was the recipient of a remarkable award when the town and the forts of St. George’s Parish were designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Like many insular societies, we perhaps think we are a chosen people and that such an...
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Police are investigating an allegation of sexual assault by a schoolgirl against her teacher.
Officers are currently trying to find the man to interview him over the allegations.
A spokesman said: “We don’t know if he has left the Island but there is...
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THE Bermuda Gymnastics team have just returned triumphant from the Americana competition in Niagara Falls, Canada, where they took a host of individual medals and won the team award. This is the first time that Bermuda has attended this meet, now in ...
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Embattled education permanent secretary Rosemary Tyrrell has been moved out of her position days after a team of experts recommended the firing of senior Ministry staff.
Ms Tyrell (pictured), who has been in the post less than 18 months, has been rea...
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Flower Children
(Riverhead Books, 224 pages)
THE true test for the hippie kids of Flower Chiln is not their parents’ divorce, nor is it dealing with the string of short-term boyfriends and girlfriends who woo their folks.It’s junior high.
Raised in a...
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* The Government-appointed Public Funds Investment Committee advises the Ministry of Finance on more than $1.3 billion in public pension funds.
* The PFIC, in turn, receives advice from consultants as to the best pension fund managers to handle the m...
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A Warwick man was forced to give thieves his grey TGB auxiliary cycle after four men held him up at knife point on Wednesday night.
At 10.45 p.m. the Police received a report that a 27-year-old was standing next to his auxiliary cycle on Washington L...
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May 5, 2007
FEBRUARY'S announcement by the Bermuda Government that it plans to carry out a thorough review and overhaul of our country's human rights legislation is to be welcomed. In its published request for submissions, the Government has stated: ...
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LOTS of Saturday and Sunday cricket awaits the island’s senior players when a busy 2007 season gets underway this weekend with the opening fixtures in the two-day league.There are hardly any spare Saturdays in the summer schedule as the eagerly await...
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