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Reviewing past reports about Bermuda?s social situation leaves the reader both impressed with the insights of the authors and depressed that many of the same problems and the solutions proposed are so constant.
If some new problems have arisen, notab...
DATE: Aug 08, 2006
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Charles Richardson has some insight into why some of Bermuda?s young black males find itself immersed in a world of drugs, guns and crime.
He spent nearly seven years in prison for wounding and firearms? offences, but used his time behind bars to suc...
DATE: Aug 07, 2006
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Over a year ago, the premier revealed an alarming statistic from the 2000 Census ? 94 percent of prisoners were male, and 92 percent were black.
In Bermuda there is no shortage of contributing, successful, powerful and law-abiding black men, however ...
DATE: Aug 07, 2006
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Two suspects arrested in connection with the murder of teenager Jason Lightbourne have been released in Police bail while investigations into the fatal shooting continue.
The men were arrested by detectives following the death of 18-year-old Mr. Ligh...
DATE: Aug 07, 2006
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The Cup Match holiday weekend remained mostly incident free with no major crimes being reported to Police and the sporting event itself being described by a member of the Bermuda Police Service as mostly ?incident-free? from a policing perspective.
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DATE: Aug 07, 2006
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A controversial proposal to pay top civil servants according to their performance is included in the draft version of the Government's sustainable development plan.
Charting Our Course: Sustaining Bermuda suggests that performance-related pay is need...
DATE: Aug 07, 2006
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The head civil servant at the Human Rights Commission (HRC) has resigned following complaints about his work ? just weeks after the chairman of the Government board also stepped down.
Executive officer David Wilson handed his notice in after a report...
DATE: Aug 07, 2006
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The Bermuda-based businessman ordered to pay his ex-wife one of the biggest divorce settlements in British legal history has said he will take his case to the highest court of appeal in the UK.
John Charman, 53, chief executive officer and president ...
DATE: Aug 07, 2006
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An in-depth review of the way Government boards are appointed and carry out their work is needed, according to a new report on the best way forward for Bermuda.
Charting Our Course: Sustaining Bermuda ? a draft strategy for the Island?s long-term fut...
DATE: Aug 07, 2006
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The Progressive Labour Party has no intention of putting Independence ?on the back-burner? despite that being one interpretation of its reaction to a poll indicating 70 percent of the population has no desire to split from the UK.
Taking Bermuda into...
DATE: Aug 07, 2006
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Scott Neil