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Campaigners have labelled as “unfair” new legislation allowing same-sex couples to legally marry under British law in 23 countries — but not in Bermuda.
If you are gay and British and living in Azerbaijan, for example, you can now get hitched at the ...
DATE: Jul 02, 2014
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Hundreds of BTC customers who have experienced problems with their telephone lines this morning are back in service, according to the company.
A BTC spokeswoman told The Royal Gazette that about 2,000 customers, mostly in the west and a few in Devons...
DATE: Jul 02, 2014
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The Bermuda Sloop Foundation claims Government has failed to meet an agreed deadline to provide the Spirit of Bermuda with a permanent berth at Dockyard.
The tall ship recently returned from taking part in the Newport Bermuda race, when it was due to...
DATE: Jul 01, 2014
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The Mayor of New York has paid tribute to Bermudian motivational speaker Dennis Rahiim Watson for his efforts to stop gun violence in the city.
Bill de Blasio presented Mr Watson with a proclamation at a June 25 reception celebrating his “tireless ef...
DATE: Jul 01, 2014
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Hospital bosses are refusing to say how much their failed bid to stop the Coroner holding an inquest into a patient’s death will cost the public purse.
Hubert (Hubie) Brown, who ran Hubie’s Bar on Angle Street, died aged 66 in December, 2002 at King ...
DATE: Jun 25, 2014
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An African studies programme for children which was axed by the Ministry of Education five years ago is making an independent comeback this summer.
Ashay: Rites of Passage, created by award-winning poet Mwalimu [master teacher] Melodye Micere Van Put...
DATE: Jun 25, 2014
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Bermuda Housing Corporation is renting out rooms for as little as $650 a month to foreign employees of a private security company.
The publicly-funded quango, which has a waiting list of more than 200 Bermudians seeking affordable housing, admitted t...
DATE: Jun 24, 2014
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Union leaders are deciding whether to take further industrial action over the sacking of a hospital worker accused of attacking his female supervisor.
Unionised staff at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital walked off the job on May 21 after the man was...
DATE: Jun 20, 2014
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Budget
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Sam Strangeways
A renowned scientist leading a study on Bermuda’s water quality has been killed in a landslide on Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean.
Quebec medical researcher Éric Dewailly, 59, was one of two people who died on Tuesday when a cliff above them colla...
DATE: Jun 19, 2014
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An American oncologist hired two years ago to lead Bermuda Hospitals Board’s cancer services is to exit the Island in September and is currently on sick leave, leaving only part-time doctors to cover his absence.
The departure of Paul Coty from King ...
DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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Health
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Sam Strangeways
