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A former president of Pembroke Rotary Club has been elected district governor for Rotary district 7230 in the United States. Barbara Harris Edwards told The Royal Gazette she was the first woman from Bermuda to be given the position. “I’m very honour...

Bermuda’s national youth jump rope team is gearing up to compete on the global stage next month. The Bermy Bouncers will take part in the World Jump Rope Championships in Orlando, Florida, from July 2-9, before heading to Seattle for an invita...

Former One Bermuda Alliance chairman Thaddeus Hollis is to stand as an independent candidate in the General Election, he announced yesterday. Mr Hollis, who resigned from the ruling party in July 2014, will run in Hamilton West, his home constituency...

Preserve Marriage has urged its supporters to sign a petition against the landmark ruling which legalised gay marriage in Bermuda. The organisation, which lost its charitable status in the wake of that judgment, placed the petition at three different...

The anonymous financial backers of Preserve Marriage could have to stump up for some of the legal costs of the case which led to the legalisation of same-sex marriage. At a June 1 hearing in the Supreme Court, lawyer Grant Spurling, for successful pl...

It has been eight years since four prisoners were brought to Bermuda from Guantánamo Bay in the dead of night — but the cloak of secrecy surrounding their arrival has yet to be lifted. Sunday marked the anniversary of the June 11, 2009 arrival of the...

The secret deal to bring the four Uighurs to Bermuda from Guantánamo Bay was sealed after a meeting at the White House, according to Ewart Brown. The former premier agreed to an interview with The Royal Gazette to mark the eighth anniversary of the m...

Shawn Crockwell had suffered “bouts of ill health” for some time, according to his best friend and business partner. Mark Pettingill spoke for the first time yesterday, to The Royal Gazette, about the death of Mr Crockwell, who was found in an unresp...

The Reverend Nicholas Tweed’s successful legal battle against the Government has enshrined the right of estranged foreign husbands of Bermudians to live here without permission, according to a legal expert. Lawyer Peter Sanderson said one interesting...

Gary Phillips has been given France’s highest award. The former civil servant and teacher was presented with the Legion d’Honneur — Order of Legion of Honour — in front of family and friends at the Bermuda National Gallery, where he is chairman. Anne...