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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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Progressive Labour Party member John Gibbons praised his party for its democratic nature as he prepares to battle in a St George’s West primary for the second time in less than a year.
Mr Gibbons was rolled out as the PLP’s general election candidate...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government should stop giving itself “pats on the back” and instead “hold its collective heads in shame” when considering its management of the Island’s social ills.
This is according to United Bermuda Party MP Charlie Swan, who said he has noticed ...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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Almost three-quarters of people are unhappy with Government's handling of finances, according to a poll by Mindmaps.
The economy has also displaced crime as the number one issue facing the Island for the first time since January 2009.
It comes after ...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The three percent pension increase is “woefully inadequate” for seniors because of rising healthcare costs, according to the One Bermuda Alliance.
Opposition MPs told the House of Assembly the additional funds would mean very little to seniors as mos...
DATE: Jul 12, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Police have been given additional powers to try to stop suspects breaching their bail by heading straight from the police station to the airport.
Junior National Security Minister Jonathan Smith agreed Bermuda’s law needed to be tightened up, as some...
DATE: Jul 12, 2011
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