712 results returned for search: "education AND " author Sam Strangeways
Preserve Marriage’s reinstatement as a charity has reignited questions over its funding, but Bermuda’s laws do not require the information to be disclosed.
The group, which is against same-sex marriage and civil unions, has never revealed its financi...
DATE: Sep 02, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
If voters want a succinct definition of good governance, they can look no farther than the platforms of the One Bermuda Alliance and the Progressive Labour Party.
The ruling party views it as a “system of governance that builds transparency and accou...
DATE: Jul 17, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Pembroke West Central could be one of the seats that swings the election on July 18, with the incumbent MP David Burt having a majority of less than 100.
The Progressive Labour Party leader is going head-to-head with the One Bermuda Alliance’s Nick K...
DATE: Jul 07, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The two candidates vying for the seat of Pembroke West Central appear to have much in common: both are highly educated, dynamic young men in their thirties who run businesses and have the energy to spend their spare time knocking on doors in their co...
DATE: Jul 07, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A charity born almost a century ago to help “needy little ones” announced yesterday that it would close and, in doing so, would give its headquarters to another organisation which works to strengthen Bermuda’s families.
The Sunshine League said it wa...
DATE: Apr 20, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Registrar-General cannot post marriage banns for gay couples because such unions are null and void under Bermuda’s existing laws, a court heard yesterday.
Deputy Solicitor-General Shakira Dill-Francois, representing the Bermuda Government in a ci...
DATE: Feb 01, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Information commissioner Gita Gutierrez has issued her first order compelling a senior civil servant to release a public access to information decision.
Ms Gutierrez filed the order at the Supreme Court against the permanent secretary at the Ministry...
DATE: Nov 16, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
National security minister Jeff Baron said yesterday that Bermuda’s recidivism rate was falling and at an “all-time low”, describing it as a measure of the success of prison rehabilitation programmes.
The government senator told the Upper Chamber tha...
DATE: Nov 16, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Senator Jeff Baron has accused new Opposition leader David Burt of giving election “platitudes” which the public won’t buy in his Reply to the Throne Speech.
The national security minister questioned how Mr Burt could say people of any sexual orienta...
DATE: Nov 16, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Michael Dunkley has accused a union leader of “irresponsible” comments about this year’s Throne Speech.
The Premier said during a live online question- and-answer session with readers of The Royal Gazette that he did not think Mike Charles, general s...
DATE: Nov 14, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways