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The Shadow Minister for Women?s Affairs has derided a lawyer?s suggestion that the age of consent for sex in Bermuda be lowered.
Suzann Roberts-Holshouser told she was ?mortified? by Larry Scott?s comments, made after he defended a 27-year-old man in...
DATE: Mar 03, 2006
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DOES the news media contribute to the racial divide and sharpen political antagonisms in Bermuda? This is a question that we have heard a number of Government Ministers and their supporters ask out loud recently. But is there merit to this charge or ...
DATE: Mar 03, 2006
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Students in Bermuda's public education system are to be compulsorily tested annually on social studies and science from next year, the Government announced yesterday.
Education Minister Terry Lister revealed the plan at a Press conference in which he...
DATE: Mar 03, 2006
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A Pembroke man who allegedly slit a woman?s throat, assaulted officers and verbally threatened them will face a Supreme Court trial later this year.
Leonard O?Donnell Rayner, of Boss?s Cove, Pembroke appeared in Magistrates? Court in November and was...
DATE: Mar 03, 2006
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Opposition Housing spokesman Sen. Kim Swan has called for Government to revise housing plans for Perimeter Lane.
Plans to build 38 units for rent had been resisted by locals who said it was too many and there were other areas where homes could be bui...
DATE: Mar 03, 2006
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A former Bermuda Housing Corporation property officer swindled the organisation out of almost $1 million in order to enjoy a luxury lifestyle, it was alleged yesterday.
A jury was told that Terrence Smith masterminded an 18-month con by instructing a...
DATE: Mar 03, 2006
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A motorcyclist was taken to hospital after he crashed his bike into a tree last night.
The accident happened on East Broadway, near the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute just after 7 p.m.
A Police spokesman said the rider was travelling out of...
DATE: Mar 03, 2006
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One crack house has been closed down by the Ministry for National Drug Control and will be re-let to a family in need, Minister has revealed.
Speaking during the Budget debate on his Ministry on Wednesday night, Mr. Perinchief said more crack houses ...
DATE: Mar 03, 2006
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A majority of people interviewed by The Royal Gazette on the streets of Hamilton were in favour of proposed increases in politician's salaries.
The Royal Gazette reported on Tuesday that the Ministers and Members of the Legislature Salaries Review Bo...
DATE: Mar 03, 2006
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Premier Alex Scott will make half the salary of the leader of the free world if a recent Report?s recommendations are implemented.
A Report of the Ministers and Members of the Legislature Salaries Review Board, tabled in the House of Assembly on Mond...
DATE: Mar 03, 2006
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