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More changes to the law on cannabis could be in the works, the Minister of Social Development and Sport has signalled.
Michael Weeks said that more discussions on the island’s attitude to the drug would take place — with further liberalisation of the...
DATE: Jul 25, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The life and work of a veteran campaigner for civil rights is to be celebrated tomorrow.
Eva Hodgson will be honoured in the annual Dr Kenneth E. Robinson/Cyril Outerbridge Packwood Memorial lecture.
Meredith Ebbin, one of the organisers, said that D...
DATE: Jul 25, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A company poised to make tens of millions of dollars a year if it was awarded a controversial casinos deal has abandoned plans to be part of Bermuda’s gambling industry, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
MM&I Holdings was at the centre of an agreement wi...
DATE: Jul 25, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A car flipped over in a crash in Smith’s yesterday.
This photograph was taken at the scene on St Mark’s Road.
A police spokesman said that the crash was reported just before 10am but that no one was injured.
The car, driven by a 19-year-old woman,...
DATE: Jul 25, 2018
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Parents will be appointed for two-year terms to committees working closely with the school system.
Education minister Diallo Rabain told the House a Parental Involvement Committee had been meeting monthly with the Commissioner of Education to improve...
DATE: Jul 25, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The education minister backtracked yesterday on a claim that a schools safety report had yet to be completed.
Diallo Rabain said that the preliminary inspection report had been provided to the Ministry of Public Works on January 23.
Mr Rabain said ...
DATE: Jul 25, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Lords in the UK have suggested that Britain should force Bermuda to legalise same-sex marriage in the same way it forced the island to adopt public registers.
Baroness Elizabeth Barker, a Liberal Democrat, questioned the Minister for the Overseas Te...
DATE: Jul 25, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Police today warned boat owners to beware of thieves.
The alert came after a string of break-ins on private and commercial vessels.
A police spokesman said: “In some cases, large amounts of alcohol, boat parts and other valuables such as fishing equi...
DATE: Jul 25, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Police issued a fresh appeal for information on a knife murder today as the first anniversary of the killing approaches.
Jahkoby Smith died after he was stabbed at the West End Sailboat Club in Sandys on July 29 last year.
The murder of Mr Smith, who...
DATE: Jul 25, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The ferry schedule for the Cup Match weekend was announced today.
The Department of Marine and Ports Services said that the fast ferry service would operate on Thursday, August 3 and Friday August 4:
The blue route will operate on the weekday sched...
DATE: Jul 25, 2018
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