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The late Nelson Bascome will be honoured with an official funeral next Thursday.
The service for the 53-year-old Health Minister, who died suddenly of a heart attack in the US on Tuesday, will take place at 2 p.m. at the Anglican Cathedral in Hamilto...
DATE: Jul 17, 2009
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An annual report for the publicly funded Human Rights Commission for 2007 has yet to surface — despite being submitted to Government more than a year ago.
HRC chairman Venous Memari told The Royal Gazette that the document was handed to the Departmen...
DATE: Jul 17, 2009
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El James has not ruled out a return as Education Minister after losing his portfolio at the weekend, he revealed yesterday.
Mr. James, whose removal from Cabinet was prompted by his call on Friday for Premier Ewart Brown to resign, told The Royal Gaz...
DATE: Jul 16, 2009
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The four Uighurs from Guantánamo Bay celebrated a month of freedom in Bermuda at the weekend — and their lawyer says they have loved every minute of their new-found liberty.
Richard Horseman told The Royal Gazette that the former prisoners are happy,...
DATE: Jul 15, 2009
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Premier Ewart Brown told the US he had the power to bring the Uighurs to Bermuda without the UK's permission, according to a British Government Minister.
Lord Malloch-Brown, a Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), told the ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2009
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Critics of the Premier still hope to oust him by persuading enough PLP branches to call for a special conference on his leadership, according to a party insider.
The source told The Royal Gazette yesterday that those wishing to see Ewart Brown remove...
DATE: Jul 15, 2009
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The pass rate for students achieving an International Baccalaureate diploma from Bermuda High School for Girls has dropped from 94 percent to 74 percent this year.
But Linda Parker, head of school, said she was pleased with this year's scores and con...
DATE: Jul 14, 2009
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The US insists it has given Bermuda everything it needs to complete a security check of the four Guantánamo Bay Uighurs — but Governor Sir Richard Gozney yesterday disagreed.
He revealed on Wednesday that the Bermuda Police Service had still not rece...
DATE: Jul 10, 2009
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A survey which said that six out of ten residents in Bermuda think Premier Ewart Brown should resign for his Guantánamo actions was "statistically sound and valid", pollsters insisted yesterday.
Research.bm denied a claim from the PLP that the indepe...
DATE: Jul 10, 2009
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Police have still not completed a security review of the four Uighurs from Guantánamo Bay — almost a month after they arrived in Bermuda.
Governor Sir Richard Gozney said yesterday that it was through no fault of Bermuda Police Service that the check...
DATE: Jul 09, 2009
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