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Preserve Marriage, a pressure group opposed to same-sex couples being allowed to wed in Bermuda, has applied to become a charity.
A Ministry of Home Affairs spokeswoman confirmed the application on Thursday, telling The Royal Gazette: “That applicati...
DATE: Mar 28, 2016
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A more in-depth glimpse of how Bermuda’s new $250 million airport could look should be available within the next few weeks, according to the firm spearheading the redevelopment.
Canadian construction giant Aecon said architects had started work on th...
DATE: Mar 28, 2016
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Sam Strangeways
The Bermuda Government should not proceed with the new $250 million airport deal it has struck with the Canadian Commercial Corporation, according to more than half of the island’s voters.
A survey commissioned by The Royal Gazette asked respondents ...
DATE: Mar 28, 2016
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Sam Strangeways
Former Cabinet minister Shawn Crockwell has scotched a rumour that he resigned after hearing Senator Michael Fahy make racist remarks to Michael Dunkley, the Premier, in a bathroom.
Mr Crockwell told The Royal Gazette: “There is no truth to it whatso...
DATE: Mar 28, 2016
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Sam Strangeways
Civil servants are handling public access to information requests without official written protocols on how to do so, causing breaches of confidentiality.
The issue is highlighted in information commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez’s first annual report,...
DATE: Mar 24, 2016
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Sam Strangeways
The Government has told one of the people featured in its Pathways to Status publicity campaign to hire a lawyer to find out if she already has the right to Bermudian status.
Nicole Fubler, 21, appeared on a flyer issued last month by the Ministry of...
DATE: Mar 18, 2016
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Sam Strangeways
Grant Gibbons has been appointed acting Minister of Tourism Development and Transport, in the wake of Shawn Crockwell’s resignation last night.
Michael Dunkley, the Premier, announced the appointment this morning in a statement that said Dr Gibbons w...
DATE: Mar 17, 2016
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Sam Strangeways
Protesters who stop work to demonstrate against immigration reform are likely to be breaking the law, according to a ruling from Chief Justice Ian Kawaley.
The island’s top judge said it was “strongly arguable” that the withdrawal of labour in “circu...
DATE: Mar 16, 2016
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Budget
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Sam Strangeways
Former Cabinet Minister Derrick Burgess has accused the Auditor-General of bias, unfairness, carelessness and inaccuracy in his official response to the damning report she released last year.
Mr Burgess has been silent since the 315-page report into ...
DATE: Mar 11, 2016
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Politics
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Sam Strangeways
A question about public access to information in Bermuda has been raised in the United Kingdom Parliament.
Catherine West, Shadow Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, asked James Duddridge, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealt...
DATE: Mar 10, 2016
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Politics
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Sam Strangeways