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Newly tabled legislation will help pave the way for a referendum on Independence, according to Attorney General Kim Wilson.
Senator Wilson said the Referendum Act, due to be debated in the House of Assembly, augments existing laws setting out the par...
DATE: Jun 07, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
It was red, white and blue all the way as Bermudians, expatriates and visitors celebrated the Diamond Jubilee over the weekend.
In London, five Bermuda Sea Cadets joined a diamond formation with 54 other cadet dinghies, in the nearly 10-mile pageant ...
DATE: Jun 04, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Attorney General Kim Wilson will represent Bermuda at a decolonisation conference later this month.
The United Nations has invited Senator Wilson to its Pacific Regional Seminar on the implementation of the Third International Decade for the Eradicat...
DATE: May 22, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Britain will not urge Bermuda to go Independent because that would be patronising, according to outgoing Governor Sir Richard Gozney.
And in one of his final interviews before ending his diplomatic career, the Governor warned Bermuda not to get compl...
DATE: May 18, 2012
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Government Whip Lovitta Foggo is leading an all-female delegation for a parliamentary conference in Jamaica.
The Bermuda branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association is in Kingston for the 50th year of the island’s independence.
Ms Foggo, the...
DATE: May 16, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Jacqueline Browne, Executive Director of St John Ambulance for almost a decade, was honoured yesterday for her contributions to the community.
In a ceremony held at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute, Ms Browne was given the Bermuda CableVi...
DATE: Apr 27, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The executive director of St John Ambulance was today presented with a community service award.
Jacqueline Browne was honoured with the quarterly award by Bermuda CableVision for her leadership of the charity.
St John Ambulance supplies first aid at ...
DATE: Apr 26, 2012
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Known for his insightful and outgoing personality, 16-year-old Nahge O’Brien, the young sailor well-known to the Bermuda Sloop Foundation, lost his battle to cancer on Sunday.
Nahge succumbed to leukaemia at St Jude’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee w...
DATE: Apr 26, 2012
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Health
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Economy Minister Patrice Minors assured the House of Assembly she had “no intentions to make any changes to the existing policy” when it came to term limits.
The statement came as Ms Minors rebutted Opposition claims that the policy had driven busine...
DATE: Apr 23, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A modern process for hearing complaints about judges and an annual report on the judicial system are among the top priorities for new Chief Justice Ian Kawaley.
Mr Justice Kawaley, who took on the role on Tuesday, also wants to see a more “coherent a...
DATE: Apr 05, 2012
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