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Government has tabled a Bill in Parliament which it says will ensure greater protection for the disabled against workplace discrimination.
The proposed amendment to the Human Rights Act would prevent businesses from not hiring a person on the basis o...
DATE: Jul 15, 2011
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Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards will today urge Government to stop Bermuda from slowly dying by opening up the economy.
Mr Richards is to lead a House of Assembly debate on the economy, claiming Government has no real plans to rejuvenate it and ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government needs to “expand its thinking” on human rights to be inclusive of all members of our community.
This is the view of Shadow Health Minister Kathy Michelmore who said plans to protect disabled people against discrimination “didn’t go far eno...
DATE: Jul 15, 2011
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Young people appreciate the Government’s competence and accountability, according to Junior National Security Minister Jonathan Smith.
Senator Smith has hit out at recent criticisms of Government and Premier Paula Cox accusing critics of not knowing ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2011
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Staff at Lefroy House should be commended for doing a great job to care for our seniors, according to Senator LaVerne Furbert.
Sen Furbert told the Senate she was “very concerned” to read a story in The Royal Gazette about seniors “languishing” at t...
DATE: Jul 14, 2011
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Senators have agreed to allow stiffer penalties for anti-social behaviour on buses, but also raised concerns about the lack of information available.
Junior National Security Minister Jonathan Smith told the Senate the new law would prove to people w...
DATE: Jul 14, 2011
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Shadow National Security Minister Michael Dunkley has raised concerns about security at Westgate saying: “We have got to get on top of this.”
Senator Dunkley told the Senate yesterday that a Westgate prisoner was as “high as a kite” when he spoke to ...
DATE: Jul 14, 2011
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Don’t just sit at home and moan to your friends if you know people illegally fishing, do your “civic duty” and report them.
This was the shared view of most Senators as they debated a new law to double the fines for illegal fishing offences.
Members...
DATE: Jul 14, 2011
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Seniors have been left “languishing” at a nursing facility while repairs to one of the Island’s main rest homes have been stalled.
Shadow Minister for Seniors Louise Jackson called it “scandalous” that Lefroy House Care Community in Sandys has not be...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Persons arrested on suspicion of firearms offences will now be held in prison to ease overcrowding in police cells.
Members of the Senate agreed it “made sense” to amend the law in light of the increase in gun violence across the community.
The Firea...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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