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Former One Bermuda Alliance chairman Thaddeus Hollis is to stand as an independent candidate in the General Election, he announced yesterday.
Mr Hollis, who resigned from the ruling party in July 2014, will run in Hamilton West, his home constituency...
DATE: Jun 22, 2017
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Former Cabinet minister David Burch is expected to be officially announced as the Progressive Labour Party’s candidate for Warwick North Central.
Mr Burch ran in the constituency — a key marginal seat — in the last General Election, losing by just te...
DATE: Jun 20, 2017
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Preserve Marriage has urged its supporters to sign a petition against the landmark ruling which legalised gay marriage in Bermuda.
The organisation, which lost its charitable status in the wake of that judgment, placed the petition at three different...
DATE: Jun 17, 2017
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The anonymous financial backers of Preserve Marriage could have to stump up for some of the legal costs of the case which led to the legalisation of same-sex marriage.
At a June 1 hearing in the Supreme Court, lawyer Grant Spurling, for successful pl...
DATE: Jun 17, 2017
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It has been eight years since four prisoners were brought to Bermuda from Guantánamo Bay in the dead of night — but the cloak of secrecy surrounding their arrival has yet to be lifted.
Sunday marked the anniversary of the June 11, 2009 arrival of the...
DATE: Jun 14, 2017
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The secret deal to bring the four Uighurs to Bermuda from Guantánamo Bay was sealed after a meeting at the White House, according to Ewart Brown.
The former premier agreed to an interview with The Royal Gazette to mark the eighth anniversary of the m...
DATE: Jun 14, 2017
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Shawn Crockwell had suffered “bouts of ill health” for some time, according to his best friend and business partner.
Mark Pettingill spoke for the first time yesterday, to The Royal Gazette, about the death of Mr Crockwell, who was found in an unresp...
DATE: Jun 11, 2017
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The Reverend Nicholas Tweed’s successful legal battle against the Government has enshrined the right of estranged foreign husbands of Bermudians to live here without permission, according to a legal expert.
Lawyer Peter Sanderson said one interesting...
DATE: Jun 09, 2017
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Six of Mark Pettingill’s white constituents have lobbied him to support the ruling party if a vote of no confidence in the Government takes place tomorrow.
The independent MP, whose vote would most likely determine whether the motion succeeded or fai...
DATE: Jun 08, 2017
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Gary Phillips has been given France’s highest award.
The former civil servant and teacher was presented with the Legion d’Honneur — Order of Legion of Honour — in front of family and friends at the Bermuda National Gallery, where he is chairman.
Anne...
DATE: Jun 05, 2017
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