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The battle to ban same-sex marriage has cost taxpayers more than $400,000 in external legal fees, the Government has revealed.
The Ministry of Home Affairs told The Royal Gazette that $411,627 had been spent so far on outside lawyers and law firms.
T...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The founder of a community volunteer group has been welcomed into the Bermuda legal community.
Clevelyn Aaron Crichlow, 26, the founder of the group Bermuda is Love, was Called to the Bar on Friday.
Mr Crichlow, who had been employed at Cox Hallett W...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A customs officer found a series of packages hidden in an alleged drug smuggler’s suitcases, the Supreme Court heard.
Zadun Robinson, 22, has denied charges that he smuggled more than $400,000 of drugs into the island on August 28, 2018.
Prosecutors ...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A scholarship honouring Dame Jennifer Smith, the former Premier, was unveiled yesterday at the Progressive Labour Party’s founder’s day celebration.
Dame Jennifer, the PLP’s first Premier, served from the party’s first General Election victory in 199...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
About 30 people commemorated the 187th anniversary of when 78 enslaved Black Americans were given a chance of a new life in Bermuda.
Politicians and entertainers gathered in Barr’s Bay Park in Hamilton in memory of those on board the Enterprise, a US...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A disaster appeal has been launched by the Bermuda Red Cross for a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, where a conflict rages in the wake of Russia’s invasion.
The charity is appealing for donations as the conflict deepens across the country in Europe’s ...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Tourism bosses have admitted that St George needed better transport links to capitalise on the visitor trade.
Charles Jeffers II, the chief executive of the BTA, said the organisation recognised the “critical importance” of the Olde Towne to the isla...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Hi-tech mini-submarines will be used to track the movement of fish to assess population numbers, the Ministry of Home Affairs said.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources said it would use Remus 100 autonomous underwater vehicles after i...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
More than $250,000 was donated by a reinsurance company to island charities last year.
A spokeswoman for Athene Life Re said that the firm had made the donations as part of its “ongoing commitment to giving back to the community".
Natasha Scotland Co...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Three Bermudians who completed an Antarctic marathon said they had learnt first-hand about the effects of climate change on the frozen continent.
Mark Harris, Andy McComb and Phil Martin weathered rough seas and the risk of hypothermia to raise money...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson