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A woman found guilty of trying to smuggle nearly $20,000 worth of cannabis into Bermuda is appealing against her conviction.
Valisa Holder was pregnant when she was arrested at L.F. Wade International Airport with 1.1 kilograms of the drug inside an ...
DATE: Jul 21, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
An employment dispute between Lawrence Scott and JetBlue Airways is likely to be dealt with by the Human Rights Commission and not the courts, according to the Opposition MP.
Mr Scott told The Royal Gazette that although he started legal proceedings ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A long-running police investigation into claims of corruption against former Premier Ewart Brown has cost more than $2.2 million to date, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The amount has been disclosed after a public access to information request from th...
DATE: Jul 18, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A weeklong trip to Las Vegas by the chairman and executive director of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission cost almost $6,500.
Commission chairman Alan Dunch disclosed the figure in a press release yesterday, after questions from The Royal Gazette. ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A bid by a Bermudian and his fiancé to become the first gay couple to wed on the island could go before the Supreme Court next week.
Winston Godwin and Greg DeRoche, who live in Toronto, had their application to marry rejected by the Registrar-Genera...
DATE: Jul 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The chairman of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission has accused parliamentarians of potentially deterring “hundreds of millions” of dollars’ worth of investment in the island by Caesars Entertainment Corporation with their “political theatre”.
Alan ...
DATE: Jul 14, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Chief Justice Ian Kawaley has released a full judgment explaining why he didn’t stop the referendum on same-sex relationships from going ahead despite it being held in a “somewhat shabby and shambolic fashion”.
The 44-page verdict expands on Mr Justi...
DATE: Jul 14, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A group opposed to same-sex marriage and civil unions claimed yesterday that the Human Rights Commission had overstepped its boundaries by criticising legislation passed by MPs in Parliament last Friday.
Preserve Marriage disagreed with the HRC’s vie...
DATE: Jul 14, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A young Bermudian told yesterday how he and his fiancé wanted to help “make a difference” by becoming the first gay couple to argue in court for the right to marry here.
Winston Godwin, 26, who grew up in Sandys and now lives in Toronto, told The Roy...
DATE: Jul 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
David Burt has accused the Bermuda Government of being “either tone-deaf or stupid” when it tried to “push down the throats of this country” the Pathways to Status Bill.
The acting Opposition leader told The Royal Gazette the proposals that sparked p...
DATE: Jul 12, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways