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A civil liberties group is seeking legal advice from a British QC on whether amendments to add sexual orientation and age to the Human Rights Act would give less protection than Government's proposed equality bill.
The Centre for Justice, which is ho...
DATE: Jul 24, 2012
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A violent electrical storm that swept over Bermuda yesterday evening briefly knocked out the Island’s 911 emergency phone number service.
An urgent message was put out by the Bermuda Police Service to advice Islanders to call the main police number i...
DATE: Jul 24, 2012
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Increasing levels of violence are being reported in the Island’s cases of domestic abuse, according to the Centre Against Abuse.
Executive director Laurie Shiell said the domestic violence charity is also confronting a greater number of family situat...
DATE: Jul 24, 2012
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CableVision customers will continue to receive Bermuda Broadcasting channels as part of their subscription.
The agreement ends a long-running dispute between the two companies regarding the carriage of Bermuda Broadcasting channels seven and nine.
Th...
DATE: Jul 23, 2012
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Concerned relatives and friends of missing man Rudolph Smith turned up a grisly find when they uncovered skeletal bones that appeared to be set on fire.
But on consultation with the police, the bones are now believed to be the remains of an animal an...
DATE: Jul 23, 2012
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The death has occurred of St George’s footballer Chae Simmons at Lahey Clinic in Massachusetts where he had been hospitalised for the last four weeks ago.
Mr Simmons’ uncle, Kenneth Bascome, confirmed that Mr Simmons, 34, died yesterday after being i...
DATE: Jul 23, 2012
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The Bermuda National Library will host an “inspirational lecture series on Mary Prince, now that the Bermudian slave has been inducted as Bermuda’s 2012 National Hero.
The event will be held at the library on Queen Street July 25 from 6pm to 8pm on j...
DATE: Jul 23, 2012
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Cabinet secretary Donald Scott says public access to information legislation will come into force later this year.
Today marks the second anniversary of the law being passed by parliamentarians in the House of Assembly.
At the time, then Premier Ewar...
DATE: Jul 23, 2012
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Miss Bermuda Rochelle Simons has made it through the first round of the talent component of Miss World 2012.
It means the 22-year-old is one of a small group of contestants who will showcase their talents at the Miss World pageant in China next month...
DATE: Jul 23, 2012
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Venomous lionfish were caught on Saturday, during a roundup aimed at reducing the numbers of these non-native fish in Bermuda reefs. Native to the Indian and Pacific oceans, and with no known predators here, they spread through the reef system, where...
DATE: Jul 23, 2012
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