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Citizen rights such as the ability to vote are best dealt with by the Bermuda Government, a visiting politician said yesterday.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the UK Foreign Office Minister for the Overseas Territories, added that the extension of the rig...
DATE: Apr 26, 2019
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Politics
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A key player in the foundation of the Bermuda Folk Club has died.
Howard Evans, who was 74, a musician and former long-term Bermuda resident, created the club with Annabella Fraser and Pat Griffin after a 1971 jam session at his Paget home.
A past pr...
DATE: Apr 26, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bermudian missionary in Sri Lanka escaped death by minutes when Easter Day bombs exploded in the capital Colombo, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Delbert Pearman said a decision not to take part in a football match near the targeted Shangri La Hotel ...
DATE: Apr 26, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Families who are unable to provide basic items could be susceptible to cuckooing, a charity said.
Family Centre said many families do not have the support needed, and as a result, they may be susceptible and tempted by offerings from ill-gotten means...
DATE: Apr 26, 2019
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Crime
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Police asked for more information yesterday about a social media video which appeared to show an assault on a woman driver.
A police spokesman said the Bermuda Police Service were aware of the video that showed “a well-known male member of our commun...
DATE: Apr 26, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A second round of awards to honour Bermuda’s women writers are to be handed out next month.
Dale Butler, a former Progressive Labour Party MP, government minister and author, has organised the presentation of more Crystal Butterfly Literary Awards on...
DATE: Apr 26, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two drink-drivers caught at roadside breath test checkpoints were banned from the road and fined yesterday.
Lydia Rawlins, 40, from Southampton, admitted refusal of a breath test after she was stopped on March 24 on South Shore Road near its junction...
DATE: Apr 26, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The countdown to MS Amlin World Triathlon Bermuda is on in earnest, with the men’s and women’s races of the elite fields only hours away.
Again The Royal Gazette, as a part sponsor, will be bringing the action to the living rooms of those who cannot ...
DATE: Apr 26, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
RG Live
The new bus schedule is to be scrapped just six weeks after it was introduced, the transport minister revealed yesterday.
Zane DeSilva said the timetable would be ripped up because of complaints about poor service and a lack of rest time for drivers....
DATE: Apr 25, 2019
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Other
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The hatching of a longtail chick was captured live on camera this week.
Jean-Pierre Rouja, team leader at Nonsuch Expeditions, said the “Cam chick” arrived on Tuesday from one of the earliest longtail egg layings recorded.
The chick’s growth will be ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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