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People who campaigned against marriage equality will come to feel “shame and regret” in the future, former Attorney-General Mark Pettingill predicted yesterday.
Mr Pettingill, who represented gay Bermudian Rod Ferguson in a successful Supreme Court b...
DATE: Jun 08, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Legislators are scheduled to debate two tax Bills in Parliament today.
The “sugar tax” on sweetened foods and beverages will go before MPs, along with a Bill to tax Airbnb-style vacation properties at 4.5 per cent on rentals.
The session will also se...
DATE: Jun 08, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda could show how progressive it is on a world stage if it allowed a Supreme Court ruling in favour of marriage equality to stand, a human rights lawyer said yesterday.
Venous Memari, managing director of civil rights group the Centre for Justic...
DATE: Jun 08, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A scheme to get around the expiry of a restaurant’s liquor licence by use of a private members’ club next door was slammed by the Liquor Licensing Authority yesterday.
Juan Wolffe, chairman of the LLA, said Mad Hatters restaurant in Hamilton had serv...
DATE: Jun 08, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A proposed sugar tax could cause “painful price hikes”, a soft drinks producer warned yesterday.
Bruce Barritt, general manager of John Barritt & Son, said higher costs faced by distributors would be passed along to customers and hit island producers...
DATE: Jun 08, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Bermuda High School teacher has launched a bid to swim around the island in a fundraising tribute to a friend who died from cancer.
Dmitri Haas says he hoped to use the event to raise $6,500 for Open Arms Malawi — a favourite charity of late friend...
DATE: Jun 08, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 38-year-old American tourist died yesterday after he fell ill at Horseshoe Bay.
Richard Bean, a beach attendant, said the man was pulled from the water at the popular tourist beach after he suffered breathing problems.
Lifeguards performed CPR on t...
DATE: Jun 08, 2018
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Curtis Dickinson became the Progressive Labour Party’s 25th MP last night as he stormed to victory in Warwick North East.
The result, announced at Bright Temple AME Church at 10pm, was met with applause from a group of PLP supporters who had remained...
DATE: Jun 08, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Bermuda’s new airport building will be raised by four feet to protect against storm surges, it was revealed yesterday.
The new terminal will also include an outdoor porch upstairs so travellers can eat and enjoy views over Ferry Reach before they boa...
DATE: Jun 08, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
By-Election Warwick North East (Photographs by Akil Simmons)
DATE: Jun 08, 2018
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