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A new Centre for Justice will soon be up and running, to promote understanding of human rights and the law through education and advocacy.
The centre, which is a non-governmental, non-profit and non-partisan organisation, is the brainchild of former ...
DATE: Aug 29, 2011
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An independent review of the prison service is to be carried out to address officers' safety concerns about Bermuda's “new breed of criminal”.
Attorney General and Minister of Justice Michael Scott has announced that all areas of the prison service ...
DATE: Aug 27, 2011
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One Bermuda Alliance leadership contenders are said to be in talks over potential compromise deals to avoid any ugly battles at their first election in two weeks.
Former United Bermuda Party leader Michael Dunkley and former Bermuda Democratic Allian...
DATE: Aug 26, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Seniors say they face struggling to pay grocery bills for another month after learning their pension increase won’t come through until September.
Elderly people were expecting a three percent rise in August’s pension following a pledge by Premier and...
DATE: Aug 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Political party founder and pioneering architect Walter Brangman has died aged 81.
Mr Brangman, a former Progressive Labour Party MP who became a founding member of the National Liberal Party in 1985, was also one of Bermuda’s best-known architects f...
DATE: Aug 25, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The One Bermuda Alliance agrees the public should have a say in whether gaming is legalised, but insist it should be by referendum rather than town hall meetings.
Shadow Tourism Minister Pat Gordon-Pamplin has today questioned the way public opinion ...
DATE: Aug 24, 2011
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Politics
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Both Opposition parties last night called for unions and managers to avoid bringing the Island to a standstill as tension remains high in a number of industries.
For the second Sunday in a row, The Oleander yesterday sat in Hamilton dock with nobody ...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government has pledged to join the Bermuda Red Cross in its Horn of Africa Famine Appeal, by matching the community’s donations up to $50,000.
Premier Paula Cox called for Bermudians to assist the charity, which is sending aid to East African communi...
DATE: Aug 19, 2011
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Politics
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Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards hopes civil servants would be enticed into a growing private sector under a One Bermuda Alliance Government. Giving more details on his plan to reduce Bermuda’s crippling debt, Mr Richards said his party would all...
DATE: Aug 17, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Tourism Minister Patrice Minors is actively exploring the expansion of medical tourism as a way to fill Bermuda’s empty hotel beds.
Cashing in on ‘medical tourists’ as well as their families and doctors looks set to be one of the recommendations of ...
DATE: Aug 15, 2011
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Politics
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