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Shadow national security minister Walter Roban alleged yesterday that Michael Dunkley was “hiding” information about his knowledge of the police’s plan for dealing with protesters on December 2.
The Opposition MP claimed fresh information shared by t...
DATE: Feb 09, 2017
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Michael DeSilva admitted yesterday that the police’s plan for dealing with the December 2 protest “didn’t work” with regard to ensuring Parliament was able to sit.
The Commissioner of Police told a press conference the “right contingency” was “perhap...
DATE: Feb 02, 2017
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Changing the law on same-sex marriage could open the door for “multiple partner marriages” on the island, lawyer Delroy Duncan told a packed Supreme Court yesterday.
Mr Duncan, representing the charity Preserve Marriage, which opposes same-sex marria...
DATE: Feb 02, 2017
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
The Registrar-General cannot post marriage banns for gay couples because such unions are null and void under Bermuda’s existing laws, a court heard yesterday.
Deputy Solicitor-General Shakira Dill-Francois, representing the Bermuda Government in a ci...
DATE: Feb 01, 2017
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Michael DeSilva admitted yesterday that the police’s plan for dealing with the December 2 protest “didn’t work” with regard to ensuring Parliament was able to sit.
The Commissioner of Police told a press conference the “right contingency” was “perhap...
DATE: Feb 01, 2017
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Politics
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Sam Strangeways
The widow of Devrae Noel-Simmons has launched legal proceedings against the Bermuda Hospitals Board.
A writ was filed recently on behalf of Susie Noel-Simmons by Sedgwick Chudleigh law firm.
Ms Noel-Simmons declined to comment about the civil matter ...
DATE: Jan 27, 2017
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Almost 30 jobs held by guest workers at churches across Bermuda did not have to be advertised, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The Department of Immigration had granted waivers or automatic exemptions for 27 positions at eight places of worship, includ...
DATE: Jan 26, 2017
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Bermuda Police Service has failed in a bid to stop a doctor from pursuing a civil lawsuit for unlawful arrest after an early-morning raid on his home.
Mahesh Reddy, chief medical officer at a clinic owned by former Premier Ewart Brown, launched the p...
DATE: Jan 26, 2017
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
Former Attorney-General Mark Pettingill is urging police to issue clear warnings to people considering blocking MPs from entering the House of Assembly when it reconvenes next month.
The government backbencher said it was up to the Bermuda Police Ser...
DATE: Jan 23, 2017
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Women from Bermuda will be among hundreds of thousands of people taking part in the Women’s March on Washington tomorrow, on the first day of Donald Trump’s presidency.
Journalist Clare O’Connor and student Kayley Gibbons both plan to attend the rall...
DATE: Jan 20, 2017
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