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Speculation is mounting that businessman Mark Byrne has resigned as chairman of the Board of Education.
A highly placed source told The Royal Gazette that the board was told at a meeting last week that the Flagstone Re boss had stepped down as chairm...
DATE: Sep 23, 2009
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Los Angeles physician Kevin Antario Brown — son of the Premier — is still looking for a defence lawyer to represent him when he stands trial on 33 counts of molesting patients.
The LA County Public Defender refused to represent him last month, and ye...
DATE: Sep 23, 2009
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A woman who developed meningitis and brain lesions due to mould toxicity is setting up a support group in Bermuda for fellow sufferers.
Raquel Burgesson told The Royal Gazette that far too little was known on the Island about the health problems trig...
DATE: Sep 22, 2009
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Young people are being asked to consider the effects of Bermuda's growing gang problem on the community for an essay and poster competition sponsored by the Human Rights Commission.
The contest — for students aged four to 24 — was launched yesterday ...
DATE: Sep 19, 2009
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A senior civil servant suspended at the start of this year has left his post — but Government will not say if he resigned or was sacked.
Melvin Dickinson faced disciplinary proceedings for his performance as manager of the National Office for Seniors...
DATE: Sep 18, 2009
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The Human Rights Commission is to discuss allegations of sexual assault and harassment within Bermuda Regiment at its next meeting.
Chairperson Venous Memari told The Royal Gazette the issue was on the agenda for the October 1 meeting of the HRC.
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DATE: Sep 18, 2009
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The US official who arranged for the Uighurs to come to Bermuda from Guantánamo Bay has revealed that it led to him being "admonished by the British Government in very clear terms".
Daniel Fried, the special envoy tasked by President Barack Obama wit...
DATE: Sep 18, 2009
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An American tourist who came to Bermuda for a brief glimpse of its pink beaches was yesterday beginning a ten-day prison stretch for bringing a gun clip into the Island.
Lori Du-Bell, from Florida, was given the sentence by Senior Magistrate Archibal...
DATE: Sep 17, 2009
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Former United Bermuda Party election candidate Keith Young Jr. has died while on a business trip in Alabama.
The Royal Gazette understands that he passed away sometime between last night and lunchtime today.
The father-of-six, who was manager of bank...
DATE: Sep 17, 2009
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A schizophrenic who hanged himself in his hospital room was deemed the previous day to be in need of "routine monitoring" rather than constant one-on-one observation, an inquest has heard.
Shandal Richardson died in the early hours of March 5 last ye...
DATE: Sep 17, 2009
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