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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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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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A gay Bermudian who is hoping to marry his partner on the Island wants his landmark case to end a culture of people being forced to “live either a lie or in the shadows or behind closed doors”.
Ijumo Hayward, 46, and his American partner Clarence Wil...
DATE: Dec 03, 2015
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Civil servants wasted $2.6 million of public funds by making duplicate payments, according to the Auditor-General’s latest report.
The transactions included a payment of $807,000 in 2012 to Sandys 360, the West End sports facility that closed its doo...
DATE: Nov 27, 2015
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A hotel may find itself in hot water over its decision to axe two talks by a same-sex marriage opponent, according to one of the Island’s leading human rights lawyers.
Tim Marshall, of Marshall Diel & Myers, told The Royal Gazette he believed Hamilto...
DATE: Nov 27, 2015
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Hamilton Princess, Bermuda was both applauded and criticised yesterday for pulling the plug on two talks by a prominent same-sex marriage opponent.
Ryan Anderson, a member of the conservative American think-tank the Heritage Foundation, was to speak ...
DATE: Nov 26, 2015
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The Bermuda Government remains reluctant to penalise senior civil servants who break financial rules, according to Auditor-General Heather Jacobs Matthews.
Mrs Matthews answered with an emphatic e-mailed “Yes!” when asked by The Royal Gazette yesterd...
DATE: Nov 19, 2015
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A twice-weekly playgroup for infants and toddlers is being hailed a “huge success” by organisers.
The Wednesday and Friday morning sessions for children up to the age of 4 allow them to socialise, play and take part in physical activities designed to...
DATE: Nov 19, 2015
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