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Sports minister Zane DeSilva has passed on his congratulations to triathletes Tyler Butterfield and Karen Smith following their performances at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Butterfield finished seventh overall and Sm...
DATE: Sep 12, 2017
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David Burt’s town hall meeting to discuss the Throne Speech has been postponed until Monday next week.
The event will now take place at Berkeley Institute, from 7.30pm, when the Premier will be joined by ministerial colleagues to make a presentation ...
DATE: Sep 11, 2017
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Politics
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Governor John Rankin has delivered the Progressive Labour Party’s first Throne Speech in nearly five years.
Below is The Royal Gazette’s blow-by-blow account of today’s proceedings. For our full story, visit http://www.royalgazette.com/politics/artic...
DATE: Sep 08, 2017
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Politics
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News Staff
Opposition Leader Patricia Gordon-Pamplin called on employers to enforce equal opportunities in the workplace in her Labour Day message.
Ms Gordon-Pamplin said: “Labour Day is a time when all our citizens can be heralded for their part in creating a ...
DATE: Sep 05, 2017
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Politics
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News Staff
Police certificates will now be required with work permit applications, the Minister of Home Affairs announced today.
In a statement issued yesterday, Walton Brown said: “As we move to carefully scrutinise applicants, the request to submit police cer...
DATE: Aug 25, 2017
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Politics
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News Staff
Former Berkeley Institute principal Michelle Simmons has been appointed an independent Senator.
Ms Simmons joins Joan Dillas-Wright and James Jardine as the independents in the Upper House after Carol Bassett, President of the Senate since 2008 and a...
DATE: Aug 18, 2017
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Politics
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News Staff
The youth wing of the One Bermuda Alliance yesterday unveiled a new executive line-up.
The new chairman of the Future Bermuda Alliance is Justin Mathias, with former St George’s MP Nandi Outerbridge interim deputy chairwoman and Nick Kempe interim de...
DATE: Aug 02, 2017
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Politics
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News Staff
The Mayor of St George’s has offered her congratulations to the Progressive Labour Party following its landslide win in yesterday’s General Election.
In a statement, Quinell Francis and the Corporation of St George’s thanked outgoing One Bermuda All...
DATE: Jul 20, 2017
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Politics
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News Staff
Former premier Michael Dunkley said that Bermuda’s racial divide remained the “big issue in the room”.
In a statement posted to his Facebook page, Mr Dunkley — who resigned as One Bermuda Alliance leader on Wednesday — said there is “much work to do...
DATE: Jul 20, 2017
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Politics
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News Staff
David Burt has remained tight-lipped over documents that provide details of a planned trip he was going to take with Zane DeSilva, Mark Pettingill and Shawn Crockwell to New York the day after Mr Crockwell was found dead.
Documents purporting to show...
DATE: Jul 13, 2017
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Politics
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News Staff