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Preserve Marriage has become a charity again after home affairs minister Walton Brown overturned a decision to refuse it charitable status.
The group, which opposes same-sex marriage and civil unions, first gained charitable status in 2016 but had be...
DATE: Aug 30, 2017
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Sam Strangeways
Alesha Page’s parents insist that her first word, as a toddler, was “doctor”.
So although the 26-year-old cannot pinpoint exactly what first inspired her to pursue a career in medicine, no one in her family was too surprised when she did.
“I always k...
DATE: Aug 12, 2017
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Health
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Sam Strangeways
Mahesh Reddy’s medical credentials were called into question by detectives but later confirmed as acceptable by the island’s registration body for doctors, according to records released under public access to information.
Dr Reddy, medical director o...
DATE: Aug 10, 2017
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New Attorney-General Kathy Lynn Simmons told a press conference yesterday that two “very sensitive” civil lawsuits launched by her predecessor had cost taxpayers more than $2 million and had been handled in an “unprecedented and concerning” way.
Howe...
DATE: Aug 02, 2017
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Politics
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Sam Strangeways
Government MP Wayne Furbert will bring his Bill to outlaw gay marriage back to Parliament in September — and he expects it to pass.
Mr Furbert told The Royal Gazette that same-sex marriage was a key issue in the General Election, with the Progressive...
DATE: Jul 28, 2017
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Same-Sex Marriage
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Sam Strangeways
Taxpayers will pick up the tab for a lawsuit launched by the One Bermuda Alliance administration and likely to be dropped under the new Progressive Labour Party government.
The civil suit, filed in Massachusetts against the Lahey Clinic, is expected...
DATE: Jul 27, 2017
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Sam Strangeways
The Progressive Labour Party stormed to victory in the 2017 General Election with the most votes ever won under Bermuda’s parliamentary system.
The new ruling party got 20,059 votes across the country on Tuesday: almost 59 per cent of the popular vot...
DATE: Jul 22, 2017
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Politics
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Sam Strangeways
As the counting of votes neared an end in Pembroke West Central late on Tuesday evening, soon-to-be premier David Burt could be heard making a request to his party’s press officer.
It was clear to all that the Progressive Labour Party was sweeping t...
DATE: Jul 20, 2017
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Politics
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Sam Strangeways
Even before the final count came in for Pembroke West Central, David Burt’s supporters were dancing in jubilation in the car park of Northlands Primary School.
Whoops and cheers rang out as final results for other constituencies were announced online...
DATE: Jul 19, 2017
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Politics
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Sam Strangeways
If voters want a succinct definition of good governance, they can look no farther than the platforms of the One Bermuda Alliance and the Progressive Labour Party.
The ruling party views it as a “system of governance that builds transparency and accou...
DATE: Jul 17, 2017
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