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Senator Jonathan Smith hits out at online commenting
By Sirkka Huish
Government Senator Jonathan Smith fears “vile” online comments are giving people across the globe the wrong impression of him.
Sen Smith says he has been “called names” on news webs...
DATE: Nov 25, 2011
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Young people shouldn’t “find an iron wall in front of them for the rest of their lives” just because they’ve been caught with a spliff.
Government Senator Jonathan Smith said the law shouldn’t come down so hard on young people who have been caught wi...
DATE: Nov 25, 2011
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Legislators will be asked today by Government to support laws that will increase the tax burden on residents bringing in goods purchased abroad.
And those who insist on illegal dumping and littering will have to contend with a host of new measures to...
DATE: Nov 25, 2011
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The ruling party yesterday demanded an apology from the OBA for stating Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert had little empathy for the families of murder victims.
Within hours the One Bermuda Alliance obliged.
“We apologise to Minister Furbert if he felt...
DATE: Nov 25, 2011
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One Bermuda Alliance MP Mark Pettingill has handed his safe Opposition constituency to former political rival Jeff Sousa.
The OBA yesterday unveiled Mr Pettingill as its general election candidate for Warwick North East, where he faces a likely uphil...
DATE: Nov 25, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The Ministry of Justice hopes to prevent criminals from becoming reoffenders by making better use of rehabilitative programmes.
In a press conference on Monday elaborating on points made in this year’s Throne Speech, Minister of Justice Kim Wilson de...
DATE: Nov 24, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Housing was a glaring omission from governments’ Throne Speech, the Opposition One Bermuda Alliance has charged.
“There are a number of people in the community who have literally nowhere to go,” OBA Senator Michael Fahy said.
“They are living on fami...
DATE: Nov 24, 2011
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Politics
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Hamilton South MP Darius Tucker was yesterday announced as the ruling party’s General Election candidate for Paget West, Constituency 23.
Mr Tucker, a carpenter by trade, entered Parliament as a United Bermuda Party MP in 2007.
He quit the party two...
DATE: Nov 24, 2011
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The Opposition should accept its share of the blame for difficulty attracting cruise ships to Bermuda, Government Senator David Burt claimed yesterday.
The Junior Finance Minister spoke in response to One Bermuda Alliance leader Craig Cannonier’s cla...
DATE: Nov 24, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Senate Leader Kim Wilson yesterday added her voice to concerns over this newspaper’s story which highlighted Bermuda’s per capita murder rate and compared it with the global average.
“With great power comes great responsibility. Freedom of the press ...
DATE: Nov 24, 2011
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Politics
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