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Four men were arrested after a 26-year-old Pembroke man was attacked and seriously injured on Sunday night at the junction of Reid Street and Burnaby Street.
The man suffered lacerations to his face, right arm and body, and was taken to the King Edwa...
DATE: Mar 13, 2007
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Efforts by an Opposition Minister to persuade Government to provide absentee voting at the next general election were defeated at the weekend.
Shadow Minister for Legislative Reform and Justice moved a motion in the House asking for the facility, whi...
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Premier Ewart Brown delivered a spirited rebuke to an Opposition Minister who condemned the closure of a Government-funded clinic for the needy.
He accused Shadow Health Minister Louise Jackson of "a campaign rooted in misinformation, skulduggery and...
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Deputy Premier launched an angry attack on the Opposition at the weekend after criticism of the Government's financial controls.
She said the United Bermuda Party needed to "get a grip on reality" during an early hours debate on Saturday in the House...
DATE: Mar 13, 2007
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Sam Strangeways
Senator David Burch last night rebutted claims that he failed to spend millions of dollars set aside in last year's budget for housing.
The Housing Minister told the Senate: "We are accused of no money for housing; I've got a math lesson for you," be...
DATE: Mar 13, 2007
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A 20-year-old man who had more than $5,000 in fines for driving offences has been jailed for six months.
William Lightbourne, of Alexander Road, Devonshire, was charged with failing to have a licensed bike, third party insurance and a driver's licenc...
DATE: Mar 13, 2007
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Government spent $351,800 more than originally anticipated on the Fire Services last year due to plans to merge the three brigades into one national service from April 1.
The amalgamation of the Bermuda Fire Service, the St. George’s Volunteer Fire B...
DATE: Mar 13, 2007
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Just 34 percent of Bermuda's residents have faith in the Police Service to solve and reduce crime, according to a new survey.
The news comes after the Government's record on law and order came under fire in the Police budget debate last week, with th...
DATE: Mar 13, 2007
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A bid to overturn Sutherland Madeiros' election as Mayor of Hamilton was yesterday thrown out by Chief Justice Richard Ground.
Sonia Grant had brought the case against Mr. Madeiros after claiming election laws were wrongly interpreted when she lost t...
DATE: Mar 13, 2007
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He said of the campaign to keep the clinic open: "It's important to understand what happens to people in a welfare state. I have lived in the US and seen what happens when people have their entrepreneurial spirits and ability to self-sustain taken aw...
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