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Shadow Immigration Minister Walton Brown said yesterday his party was “not exactly on the same page” as the People’s Campaign regarding the PRC controversy but that both had broadly the same aims.
The Opposition MP told The Royal Gazette: “Obviously,...
DATE: Jul 29, 2014
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Officers from Somerset Police Station have moved temporarily to Dockyard while a new radio tower is built.
Chief Inspector Calvin Smith told a press conference today that the move was only likely to be for three or four weeks, while an older radio to...
DATE: Jul 24, 2014
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“Please tell my story,” was one of the last things Latifa Maybury said to her family before she died on November 18 last year.
The 30-year-old had given birth to a beautiful baby boy just six months before, having no idea when she went into labour t...
DATE: Jul 23, 2014
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The husband of a young mother who was diagnosed with terminal cancer days after her son was born claims doctors should have spotted the disease before or during her pregnancy.
Latifa Maybury had just turned 30 when she died of colorectal cancer at Ki...
DATE: Jul 23, 2014
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Doubts have been raised about whether the organisers of Beachfest 2014 have permission to stage this year’s celebration on Horseshoe Bay.
With Cup Match just two weeks away, a source has told The Royal Gazette that the Department of Parks is still th...
DATE: Jul 16, 2014
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A Bermudian scientist has made a presentation on the need to monitor changes in the world’s oceans to a committee which advises US president Barack Obama.
Anthony Knap, former director of Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS), told The Royal Gaz...
DATE: Jul 15, 2014
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Bermuda’s freedom of information law will have taken almost five years to implement when it comes into effect on April 1 — a delay described as “not reasonable” by a human rights lawyer.
Toby Mendel, who analysed the Island’s draft Public Access to I...
DATE: Jul 15, 2014
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Almost 400 properties in the Prospect area lost power today after a switch tripped at the Belco substation — but all should have electricity again by 5pm.
Bermuda Police Service was affected, as was the bus depot, Prospect primary and pre schools, Be...
DATE: Jul 10, 2014
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Gay Bermudians who marry abroad are mulling how to get their home country to recognise the unions — and give them the same rights as their heterosexual compatriots.
As the number of countries legalising same-sex marriages continues to grow, a group o...
DATE: Jul 10, 2014
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Bermudian author Janet Wingate is launching the second edition of her novel ‘Nonsuch Summer’ with a book signing at the Bermuda Book Store this evening (Wednesday) during Harbour Nights.
Ms Wingate, daughter of famed conservationist David Wingate, wo...
DATE: Jul 09, 2014
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