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A preacher who delivered an anti-gay rant at an event to promote peace has been asked to leave a newly-formed community group.
Scott Smith told The Royal Gazette he agreed to withdraw from Together for Bermuda (TFB) because of the controversy surroun...
DATE: May 31, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The beauty of Bermuda is on display on CNN's website.
The US news organisation asked online readers to submit their photographs of the Island and the result is a slide show featuring 15 stunning pictures.
Among the images are the Bird Cage on Front S...
DATE: May 30, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Female joggers were warned to be vigilant after a weekend sex attack on a woman in broad daylight and an attempted attack on another.
The two incidents took place within the space of an hour on Saturday morning. A 29-year-old man was in custody last ...
DATE: May 30, 2011
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A preacher who launched into a tirade against homosexuality at a candlelit vigil for victims of violence admitted last night he went too far.
Scott Smith told The Royal Gazette he wanted to publicly apologise to 22-year-old student Krystl Assan, who ...
DATE: May 30, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Premier Paula Cox joined scores of female leaders from around the world at a conference in Rome last week and gathered tips on forming a women’s foundation in Bermuda.
The Finance Minister said the International Women’s Forum (IWF) World Cornerstone ...
DATE: May 30, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Veteran Government backbencher Walter Lister has suggested a Bermudian should do Governor Sir Richard Gozney’s job and would probably come “at a better price”.
He spoke out in the House of Assembly after fellow Progressive Labour Party MP Marc Bean c...
DATE: May 30, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
United Bermuda Party leader Kim Swan has dropped his injunction against defecting members who founded the One Bermuda Alliance.
Mr Swan confirmed the move yesterday during an ill-tempered House of Assembly session as former Opposition colleagues rowe...
DATE: May 29, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A 21-year-old man who held up a shop at gunpoint after a loan shark threatened to kill him and his family was jailed for eight years yesterday.
Curtis Mallory, of Warwick, carried out the armed robbery at Fresh ‘N’ New, on Devil’s Hole Hill, Smith’s,...
DATE: May 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A 21-year-old armed robber who held up a Smith’s shop at gunpoint was sentenced to eight years in prison this morning.
Curtis Mallory, 21, burst into Fresh ‘N’ New, on Devil’s Hole Hill, on January 2 and pulled a firearm from the waistband of his pan...
DATE: May 06, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Shooting victim Ralph Burrows doesn’t know if he’ll ever get to go home.
Aged 41, he’s had to accept he may spend the rest of his days in the extended care unit at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
“That took a little while getting used to,” he says...
DATE: May 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways