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The Opposition yesterday denounced the Premier's decision to offer asylum to four Guantánamo Bay detainees in Bermuda, accusing him of "one-man autocratic rule" and "supreme arrogance".
Shadow Immigration Minister Shawn Crockwell told a press confere...
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Bermuda resident Michael Douglas will receive the American Film Institute's (AFI) 37th Life Achievement Award in honour of work over a 40-year career.
Well known for his performances in such renowned films as 'Wall Street' for which he won an Oscar '...
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A huge political row appeared to be brewing last night after it emerged that neither the Governor nor the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) were consulted over a decision to bring four Chinese Muslims to Bermuda after their release from Guantánam...
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Four Chinese Muslims released from Guantánamo Bay arrived in Bermuda yesterday sparking a huge row overseas and on the Island.
Premier Ewart Brown announced the four men Huzaifa Parhat, Abdul Semet, Abdul Nasser and Jalal Jalaladin would be given t...
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To mark World Blood Donor Day tomorrow, King Edward VII Memorial Hospital is asking for volunteers to come forward and give blood, especially in light of the recent gang violence which has put a strain on the Island's blood supplies.
Dr. Betsie Lomba...
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June 11, 2009
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Has Government lost its mind? So now we welcome refugees from Guantanamo with a promise of Bermudian Status while at the same time we kick out international business executives after six years just in case they might one day q...
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Teenage witnesses described seeing murder-accused Gary Hollis being hit in the head with a motorcycle helmet on the night Kellon Hill was killed.
One girl giving evidence in the Supreme Court trial of Hollis and his four co-accused yesterday identifi...
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Immigration Minister David Burch said Bermudians should not have been consulted in the decision to allow Guantánamo Bay detainees to repatriate to the Island.
Speaking live on the Everest DeCosta radio show yesterday, Sen. Burch said: "We wouldn't be...
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Two people were banned from the roads for a year in Magistrates' Court yesterday after pleading guilty to drunk driving.
Alexander Adelsberg, 26, and Denise O'Rourke, 48, were fined $1,000 each and disqualified from all vehicles for 12 months after a...
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Huzaifa Parhat, Abdul Semet, Abdul Nasser and Jalal Jalaladin are the four refugees sent from Guantánamo Bay to live in Bermuda.
They are ethnic Uighurs (pronounced WEE-gurs) who fled Western China before the Afghanistan war.
Uighurs are a Turkic Mus...
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