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The Disco 40 days, when bouncers just had to be big, are firmly in the past, according to Junior National Security Minister Jonathan Smith.
Senator Smith said the Private Investigators and Security Guards Amendment Act, which ensures security guards ...
DATE: Jul 01, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government has to get a tighter grip on legal aid as costs are “spiralling out of control”, former Attorney General Kim Wilson said as the Senate passed the Legal Aid Amendment Act.
The legislation cuts down the number of people eligible for legal ai...
DATE: Jul 01, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Pedestrians are taking their lives into their hands on Bermuda's dangerous roads, claims Independent Senator Walwyn Hughes.
Sen Hughes was one of a number of Senators to warn about safety as the Upper House passed legislation allowing bigger trucks o...
DATE: Jul 01, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government Senator David Burt said the One Bermuda Alliance is putting politics before country after claiming it admitted reporting false information in a statement about budget cuts.
Senator Burt said Shadow Families Minister Donte Hunt had apologis...
DATE: Jun 30, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
It’s vital that young black men are given work opportunities to “turn their hopelessness into desire”, according to the United Bermuda Party.
In what could be the political party’s last statement, UBP MPs Kim Swan and Charlie Swan say they want black...
DATE: Jun 30, 2011
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Politics
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Mystery surrounds an advertisement announcing the dissolving of the United Bermuda Party as its two remaining MPs are understood not to know anything about it.
UBP leader Kim Swan and MP Charlie Swan are believed to have been left in the dark about t...
DATE: Jun 30, 2011
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Politics
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Pharmacists and doctors have raised fears that dangerous counterfeit drugs could make their way into Bermuda under new rules coming into effect tomorrow.
An order made by Health Minister Zane DeSilva in a bid to drive down healthcare costs will allow...
DATE: Jun 30, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The One Bermuda Alliance will struggle to get votes from blacks even though the Progressive Labour Party is governing badly, unless it begins addressing racism in the white community, according to activist Eva Hodgson.
Dr Hodgson warned the new Oppos...
DATE: Jun 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A delegation of Bermudian politicians are in Grenada as part of the Regional Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference.
The 36th annual conference began on Saturday and ends Thursday.
Minister of Government Estates and Information Services Ne...
DATE: Jun 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government Senator LaVerne Furbert says it’s “just amazing” the Opposition party claims to know about the concerns of workers.
Ms Furbert told the Senate she had to question the articles in The Royal Gazette about the One Bermuda Alliance and the Ber...
DATE: Jun 27, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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