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Advocates of the long-fought initiative to expand human rights gave mixed applause to last night’s passage of the Human Rights Amendment in the House of Assembly.
A spokesman for campaigners Two Words and a Comma told The Royal Gazette: “This is a si...
DATE: Jun 15, 2013
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An attempt to specifically block same-sex marriage from the Human Rights Act Amendment was last night defeated 18 to 12 in the House of Assembly.
Progressive Labour Party MP Wayne Furbert sought to attach a proviso to the amendment stating that nothi...
DATE: Jun 15, 2013
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Former Premier Alex Scott has been appointed Commander of the British Empire, and charity founder Clem Talbot recognised as Member of the British Empire along with Raleigh Bermuda’s Michael Spurling.
For Mr Scott, the accolade made for “an exhilarati...
DATE: Jun 15, 2013
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Bermuda faces a healthcare “disaster” if the Island doesn’t rein in its diabetes epidemic, a leading healthcare speaker has warned.
Controversial US medical expert Robert Lustig said at least a quarter of the Island’s population has the disease.
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DATE: Jun 14, 2013
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Human rights champion Lois Browne Evans would have been disappointed by the Progressive Labour Party’s ambivalent stance on the Human Rights Act, according to her daughter Tina Evans Caines.
An amendment outlawing discrimination on the basis of sexua...
DATE: Jun 14, 2013
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Bermuda’s health financing is a staggeringly complex arrangement — especially for a comparatively small jurisdiction.
“The input we’ve had from our advisers, who have experience of different health systems around the world, is that this is more comp...
DATE: Jun 11, 2013
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A halfway house for women recovering from addiction is low on residents — but not vacant, according to the Department of National Drug Control.
A spokeswoman responded to assertions of an anonymous source quoted by broadcasters ZBM news.
The source c...
DATE: Jun 10, 2013
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Support for the beating of a schoolboy accused of “disrupting the community” is just a symptom of the Island’s underlying social problems.
So said Family Centre director Martha Dismont after comments praising David Fox’s actions were posted on The Ro...
DATE: Jun 10, 2013
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Rents will rise “substantially” for residents of Wedco’s new prefabricated housing at the West End, which will see 20 units added.
The first five of the buildings, put together by a US company, arrived in Bermuda on June 3, Public Works Minister Trev...
DATE: Jun 08, 2013
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A “no-go zone” will be implemented off the shoreline by Westgate, as part of tighter security measures planned for the facility.
Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley said the moves were in response to a prisoner’s recent break from a cell.
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DATE: Jun 08, 2013
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