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Former Environment Minister Walter Roban wouldn’t comment yesterday on suggestions of “hypocrisy” on the part of the Progressive Labour Party over the compulsory purchase of citizens’ land in Tucker’s Town.
Writing to The Royal Gazette, Robert Davies...
DATE: Aug 05, 2014
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Bermuda saw a total of 24 road crashes over the Cup Match break, according to police — four of them serious, with six people ending up treated in hospital.
The litany of serious accidents merely underscores the Island’s “appalling” lack of initiative...
DATE: Aug 04, 2014
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A quick-thinking bystander who broke the lock on a park gate to allow an ambulance through has been credited for helping save a young boy from drowning at Admiralty House Park.
According to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, the nine-year-old, who li...
DATE: Jul 19, 2014
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An eight-month adoptions delay that led to frustration and heartache for would-be new parents should now be at an end, according to Child and Family Services director Alfred Maybury.
However, more stringent adoption regulations now in force come with...
DATE: Jul 18, 2014
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The Opposition Progressive Labour Party remained absent from the House of Assembly today, continuing the boycott of Parliament vowed by party leader Marc Bean.
Mr Bean last week denounced Parliament as “a sham and a farce” after Governor George Fergu...
DATE: Jul 18, 2014
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Much-anticipated legislation to bring casino gaming to Bermuda has missed its chance to go before Parliament — but will be tabled before the year’s end, according to Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell.
The Bill will be presented along with associated r...
DATE: Jul 18, 2014
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A fired doctor’s sweeping lawsuit against the Bermuda Hospitals Board has closed with allegations of wrongful dismissal, fabricated records, defamation and the deliberate infliction of emotional distress.
Charles Curtis-Thomas is calling for damages ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2014
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Court
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A driver who crashed after fleeing police in an attempt to evade a speeding ticket received a heavy fine in yesterday’s sitting of Magistrates’ Court.
But an apologetic Trovaughn Smith, 29, of Granaway Heights in Southampton, avoided being convicted ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2014
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An emaciated homeless man’s life was saved after a passer-by came to his aid — but for humanitarian Jonathan Guishard, the gesture merely underscored an old message.
Initially reluctant to speak to The Royal Gazette, Mr Guishard acknowledged that he’...
DATE: Jul 15, 2014
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Governor George Fergusson’s say is not required for the Island’s legislators to launch an inquiry into “well-established historic wrongdoings” involving the loss of citizens’ property, the People’s Campaign activist group claimed this morning.
Mr Fer...
DATE: Jul 14, 2014
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