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Bermudians are being urged to ensure they are registered to vote in advance of the referendum on same-sex marriage next month.
Locals have until 5pm on Wednesday to make sure their name appears on the parliamentary register or to update their entry.
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DATE: May 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The seawater at Bermuda’s top tourist beaches has been given a clean bill of health as the summer vacation season gets into full swing.
Environmental health officers have been regularly testing the quality of the bathing water at the nine most popula...
DATE: May 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The referendum on same-sex marriage and civil unions will be held on June 23, giving campaigners on either side six weeks to get their message across to voters.
A formal notice was published in the Official Gazette yesterday, confirming the two quest...
DATE: May 12, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A 22-year-old woman was taken to hospital this morning after a crash involving her motorcycle and a car.
The collision happened at the junction of Palmetto Road and Railway Terrace at about 8.55am in Pembroke.
A police spokesman said: “It appears tha...
DATE: May 11, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Bermuda Hospitals Board has pledged to release full details on the salaries and benefits enjoyed by its executive officers this month.
The publicly funded quango rejected a public access to information request for the records from The Royal Gazet...
DATE: May 10, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Problems with the sewage plant at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital have not resulted in any risk to public health, the Government said.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources confirmed there were “issues” with the plan...
DATE: May 07, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Bermuda Government is still pursuing the trustees of failed sports facility Sandys 360 for hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayers’ cash paid out by mistake.
A public access to information request by The Royal Gazette to the Ministry of Fin...
DATE: May 05, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Earlier this month, in a boardroom at the Parliamentary Registry on Wesley Street in Hamilton, a group of local politicians and two overseas visitors sat poring over a large map of Bermuda, discussing how best to divide this tiny island into constitu...
DATE: Apr 30, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The number of registered voters has risen by almost six per cent in the past six years, with 2,388 more people on the electoral roll now than in June 2010.
Parliamentary registrar Tenia Woolridge told The Royal Gazette there were 41,355 Bermudians re...
DATE: Apr 30, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A struggling charity that issued a plea for help this month in The Royal Gazette has since been “inundated” with calls of support.
Allison Figureido, the founder and director of BSMART Foundation, said yesterday she had held meetings with accountants...
DATE: Apr 27, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways