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Michael Dunkley was quizzed yesterday about conscription, same-sex marriage and the size of the Civil Service during an online chat with readers of The Royal Gazette.
The Premier spent 50 minutes at his computer at the Cabinet Office answering questi...
DATE: Dec 18, 2015
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Sam Strangeways
Readers of The Royal Gazette have the chance this morning to grill Michael Dunkley online about this year’s Throne Speech.
The Premier will be taking part in a live question and answer session from 10am today about the initiatives laid out in the 30-...
DATE: Dec 17, 2015
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Sam Strangeways
The Bermuda Government has stonewalled questions about how much it is still paying to keep a defunct sports facility from falling into disuse.
The Sandys 360 sports centre is still receiving money from the public purse, according to its chairman Stan...
DATE: Dec 10, 2015
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Sam Strangeways
A complaint will probably be made to the Human Rights Commission about a hotel’s refusal to host two talks by a same-sex marriage opponent.
Melvyn Bassett, spokesman for a group going by the names Preserve Marriage and Concerned Citizens of Bermuda, ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2015
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A conservative Catholic author best known for her opposition to contraception will give a talk to churchgoers this evening.
Kimberly Hahn, a Republic city councillor in Ohio, will speak at St Anthony’s Roman Catholic Church in Warwick at 7pm.
A notic...
DATE: Dec 10, 2015
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Sam Strangeways
A restaurateur has told how his “worst nightmare” came true when a rat ran into his establishment from the street and leapt on to the shoulder of a female customer.
The incident happened in broad daylight on Friday morning when the facility was packe...
DATE: Dec 09, 2015
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Perot Post Office in Hamilton has now opened for business after a faulty lock prevented staff from getting into the premises this morning.
Postmaster-General Wayne Smith told The Royal Gazette: “The Perot Post Office had a faulty lock this morning an...
DATE: Dec 09, 2015
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Sam Strangeways
A mother has described her gay son and his partner as “very courageous” for launching a bid to have Bermuda’s first same-sex marriage.
Sylvia Hayward-Harris told The Royal Gazette it was typical of her son Ijumo Hayward to “not worry about public app...
DATE: Dec 04, 2015
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A gay couple seeking permission to marry in Bermuda are highly likely to succeed if their case goes before the courts, according to a human rights expert.
Lawyer Mark Diel said recent court judgments regarding same-sex couples in Bermuda showed the I...
DATE: Dec 04, 2015
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A former United Bermuda Party minister has weighed in on the Bermuda Government’s $250 million plan to build a new airport, claiming the project is unnecessary.
Quinton Edness, who retired from politics in 1998, said he had heard nothing yet from the...
DATE: Dec 03, 2015
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways