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A group of conscripts fighting to get mandatory military service outlawed in Bermuda is asking the Supreme Court for a landmark declaration on whether women should be eligible for call-up.
A ruling that both sexes ought to be named as qualified to se...
DATE: Jan 09, 2007
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The first day of new US passport regulations appeared to go smoothly at Bermuda Airport yesterday.
Under new rules drawn up in the wake of the 9/11 terror strikes, US-bound Bermudian travellers now have to present a passport to enter America.
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DATE: Jan 09, 2007
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Minister of Public Safety, Senator David Burch, urged members of the group Bermudians Against the Draft not to sully the Bermuda Regiment’s reputation.
The group believe that mandatory military service breeches their right to freedom, under the Human...
DATE: Jan 09, 2007
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Opposition leader Wayne Furbert disputed claims that his party allowed backbencher Jamahl Simmons to be targeted by racists members.
In a scathing statement Mr. Simmons said he was resigning because the party allowed a minority of racists members to ...
DATE: Jan 09, 2007
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He looks like he doesn?t have a care in the world as he rolls around on his back in a dusty paddock ? but Dazzy the pony could be put down within days if a new owner is not found for him.
The five-year-old chestnut-and-black racing pony was rescued f...
DATE: Jan 09, 2007
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Police are hunting a man who swung a “sword” at a motorcyclist in the early hours of yesterday.
The victim, a 56-year-old man from Warwick, told officers that he was riding west along South Road in Paget at about 2.45 a.m. when a light-skinned male w...
DATE: Jan 09, 2007
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Only three people who sat on the 2006 Human Rights Commission board remain this year.
Last year the HRC came under fire after dismissing complaints about then-Premier Alex Scott and PLP Senator David Burch. It found Mr. Scott had not breached the Hum...
DATE: Jan 08, 2007
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Two men were attacked by robbers — one of them at knifepoint — in a 20 minute spell in the same street.
Police suspect the robberies — which both involved four men on two bikes, in Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke, on Friday evening — were carried out by the...
DATE: Jan 08, 2007
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You might think a break in our sunny climes would help take his mind off the war with Iraq, his so-called feud with Gordon Brown and never-ending questions about his departure as British Prime Minister.
Now speculation suggests Tony Blair is consider...
DATE: Jan 08, 2007
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The start of the Bermuda Regiment's boot camp was marred by late arrivals and complaints from Bermudians Against the Draft.
The group claimed the Regiment was not respecting the men's right to challenge the conscription law.
Yesterday, Larry Marshall...
DATE: Jan 08, 2007
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