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The Bermudian who launched the legal fight for marriage equality four years ago said he was optimistic about how it would end – and about the future for gay people on the island.
Winston Godwin said: “There are always going to be pockets of people wh...
DATE: Feb 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A warning against complacency after a slump in the number of coronavirus tests has been issued by the Government.
Health officials said that people should take a test as the now-available vaccine was “not a cure” and that it could be “many months bef...
DATE: Feb 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Firefighters and police were called to a boat fire in Warwick last night.
A Bermuda Fire & Rescue Service spokesman said: “BFRS responded with one appliance from the Port Royal Station and a total of four firefighters.
“Upon arrival, fire crews saw a...
DATE: Feb 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The legal battle over marriage equality will be decided after a two-day virtual hearing which is due to start tomorrow in front of the Privy Council in London.
A panel of five judges at Bermuda’s highest court of appeal will hear the Government’s arg...
DATE: Feb 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Payment from the owners of the Fairmont Southampton to cover redundancy payments to staff by Government have been handed over, the finance minister confirmed today.
Curtis Dickinson said the closure of the island’s biggest resort last October had cre...
DATE: Feb 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The number of active Covid-19 cases has dropped by more than half, health officials said last night.
The news came as one new case was recorded out 1,587 results received since last Friday.
The number of active cases dropped from 26 to 12 after 15 pe...
DATE: Feb 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An American author whose teenage years in Bermuda were marred by homophobia yesterday appealed to opponents of same-sex marriage to give in to progress.
Kirkland Hamill, who married his same-sex partner two years ago in the United States, said: “Gay ...
DATE: Feb 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two Bermudians have put up funds to pay for an expensive legal battle to stop the outlawing of same-sex marriage on the island.
The private citizens, neither gay, spoke to The Royal Gazette on condition of anonymity as the Privy Council in London pre...
DATE: Feb 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Company managers should consider all the alternatives before staff were made redundant, a trade union said yesterday.
The Bermuda Public Services Union said it feared that “unscrupulous employers” could target union members.
Armell Thomas, the BPSU p...
DATE: Feb 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Drivers banned from the roads for drink driving will be blocked from switching to electronic bikes under changes to the law.
But Lawrence Scott, the transport minister, promised a “light touch” with no new legislation proposed, after fears in the e-b...
DATE: Feb 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Campaigns
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell