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Premier Ewart Brown lashed out at the Corporation of Hamilton's "arrogance" as he angrily insisted Government is fully capable of doing jobs done for years by the municipality.
"They say the trash is going to build up. And what is Government going to...
DATE: Jul 24, 2010
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Police swooped on a Pembroke neighbourhood yesterday afternoon after a report that fugitive Alvone Maybury was hiding out there.
But a search of homes on The Glebe Road lasting almost four-and-a-half hours proved fruitless and a team of armed officer...
DATE: Jul 24, 2010
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A handful of angry protesters thumped Minister Zane DeSilva's car 90 minutes after he tabled the Municipalities Reform Act.
Several Members of Parliament spoke out against the behaviour of the individuals.
Mr. DeSilva told The Royal Gazette minutes b...
DATE: Jul 24, 2010
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Bermuda's citizens were last night given the right to know as MPs unanimously approved a long-promised freedom of information bill.
The Island joined scores of democracies around the world which have laws allowing taxpayers access to records held by ...
DATE: Jul 24, 2010
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Members of a Christian campaign group calling for the closure of Guantánamo Bay met with Bermuda's Uighurs at the weekend.
Witness Against Torture's Luke Hansen, John Bambrick and Jeremy Kirk came to the Island to visit Khalil Mamut, Ablikim Turahun,...
DATE: Jul 23, 2010
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Senator and self-confessed "lunatic godfather" Senator David Burch believes all children need a "crazy" relative in their life to keep them in line.
He was speaking out as tough new parental responsibility legislation was debated and eventually passe...
DATE: Jul 23, 2010
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The Bermuda Hospitality Institute is nearly finished its first summer internship programme.
The scheme was designed to provide high school and first-year college students with an inside view of the hospitality industry the second pillar of Bermuda's ...
DATE: Jul 23, 2010
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Residents of one Pembroke neighbourhood are up in arms after Works and Engineering informed them that garbage collectors would no longer be coming up their road.
Householders on Third Avenue off Shelton Road were sent a letter last week informing the...
DATE: Jul 23, 2010
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Police drug seizures have "gone through the roof," with $4.9 million worth taken off the streets in the past three months.
But Takbir Sharrieff of Bermudians Against Narcotics said not enough is being done, and the figures do not indicate progress be...
DATE: Jul 23, 2010
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Backbenchers last night seemed ready to approve an historic shake-up of Bermuda’s municipalities in Premier Ewart Brown’s likely last appearance in the House of Assembly.
The Corporations row took a twist late yesterday as Progressive Labour Party MP...
DATE: Jul 23, 2010
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Tim Smith
