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The Human Rights Commission is calling on the community to lobby senators before they debate controversial legislation aimed at strengthening marriage between a man and a woman.
Tomorrow, the Upper House will run the rule over amendments to the Human...
DATE: Jul 12, 2016
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Friends and former colleagues have paid tribute to Ann Cartwright DeCouto, who died at age 71 and was buried at St Anne’s Church in Southampton.
Attorney-General Trevor Moniz recalled the lawyer, former United Bermuda Party minister and Deputy Premie...
DATE: Jul 11, 2016
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A visiting statesman has recalled the day he sat among the enemies of apartheid, as well as its diehard supporters, in a historic gathering hosted by Bermuda.
For William Payne, a former member of the New Jersey General Assembly, the so-called Lantan...
DATE: Jul 09, 2016
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Jacqueline Swan, the wife of former Premier John Swan who died earlier this month at the age of 72, was recalled by Michael Dunkley as one of Bermuda’s “most respected and influential women”.
Lady Swan, the Premier said, freely offered her advice to ...
DATE: Jul 09, 2016
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A claim by Shawn Crockwell that the One Bermuda Alliance Government targeted his business was “incorrect”, according to Trevor Moniz, the Attorney-General.
Mr Moniz categorically denied that he ordered his former Cabinet colleague not to pursue any c...
DATE: Jul 09, 2016
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Jonathan Bell
Shawn Crockwell’s departure from the One Bermuda Alliance may prove costly in a constituency that firmly backs the ruling party.
While Mr Crockwell still enjoys support, some voters in Southampton West Central told The Royal Gazette that Constituency...
DATE: Jul 08, 2016
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The Bermuda Government’s summer employment programme is helping 95 college and university students further their careers, the House of Assembly heard this morning.
Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, the Minister of Home Affairs, also told legislators that a su...
DATE: Jul 08, 2016
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Jonathan Bell
Upcoming legislation that will boost the monitoring and credibility of healthcare providers has been welcomed by the Bermuda Health Council.
Tawana Wedderburn, council CEO, said the Bermuda Health Council Amendment Act 2016 would improve quality of c...
DATE: Jul 07, 2016
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A Bermudian scientist’s dedication to saving the rare seabirds of Hawaii in one of the wettest places in the world has earned him the title of 2015 Recovery Champion.
André Raine’s accolade from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service is all the ...
DATE: Jul 05, 2016
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The commemoration of the 1959 Theatre Boycotts, which scored the first blow against racial segregation, was marked with two special events on Saturday.
Glenn Fubler of the community group Imagine Bermuda said that the eight stores who chose to surpri...
DATE: Jul 05, 2016
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