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A gun shot rang out early yesterday morning, as an unknown suspect fired upon a Bluebell Lane home.
At 1.40 a.m., Police reported to a Sandys residence after gunfire was heard. No one was injured.
Police declined to say if the shooter was on foot or ...
DATE: Jun 26, 2009
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
MP Darius Tucker yesterday quit the United Bermuda Party.
Mr. Tucker resigned after being suspended from the Shadow Cabinet for breaking a three line whip by failing to vote in a motion of no confidence against Premier Ewart Brown's Government.
He be...
DATE: Jun 25, 2009
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Premier Ewart Brown's handling of the Guantánamo Bay affair will be subject of another debate after Opposition Senate Leader Michael Dunkley tabled a motion yesterday.
Sen. Dunkley's motion reads"That the Senate take note of the process by which four...
DATE: Jun 25, 2009
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Senators from both political parties called on anti-Ewart Brown protesters to be "more civil and more effective" in the Upper House yesterday in an impassioned discussion on the Motion to Adjourn.
PLP Senator Marc Bean started by alluding to the Hous...
DATE: Jun 25, 2009
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Judges have been given power to decide how long convicted murders should spend in jail after the Court of Appeal rejected the minimum period of 15 years as "unconstitutional and void".
Attorney General Kim Wilson is now reviewing the ramifications of...
DATE: Jun 25, 2009
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The corporations of Hamilton and St. George’s are to be abolished, it was revealed this afternoon.
Hamilton Mayor Sutherland Madeiros told a press conference at City Hall that both municipalities were “absolutely” against the plan to get rid of them....
DATE: Jun 25, 2009
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Sam Strangeways
Senator Kim Wilson is working alongside Attorneys General from other Overseas Territories to discuss the difficulty of selecting impartial juries in small countries like Bermuda, where the pool for prospective jurors is limited.
Ms Wilson told the Se...
DATE: Jun 25, 2009
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Police do not believe an organiser of anti-Ewart Brown demonstrations was the target of a suspicious package delivered to the Freisenbruch-Meyer Building on Tuesday.
Yesterday rumours spread that the package, which contained a white powdery substance...
DATE: Jun 25, 2009
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United Bermuda Party Senator Michael Fahy has called on the Ministry of Works & Engineering to be transparent about the exact costs of ongoing roadworks, deeming answers to his Parliamentary Questions "incomplete".
Mr. Fahy spoke out after receiving ...
DATE: Jun 25, 2009
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The Minister of Home Affairs has announced possible legislative changes to enable foreign prisoners to obtain parole.
Senator David Burch said Government is exploring the issue, following Parole Board concerns that the lack of opportunity for parole ...
DATE: Jun 25, 2009
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