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One Bermuda Alliance backbencher Mark Pettingill says his party’s plan to outlaw same-sex marriage is “very disconcerting” and may breach international human rights law.
The MP and lawyer, who is representing a couple seeking to wed on the island, wa...
DATE: Feb 19, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The size of classrooms and a lack of funding for public primary schools are among the Bermuda Government’s most serious concerns, according to the school reorganisation (Score) report.
The report, commissioned by Wayne Scott, the Minister for Educat...
DATE: Feb 19, 2016
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A painter who was caught with more than $200,000 worth of drugs and $11,000 in cash has told a jury he found the stash buried on the Railway Trail.
Dwayne Gilbert told the Supreme Court yesterday that he intended to use the heroin, cocaine and crack ...
DATE: Feb 19, 2016
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Court
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Forty years ago Herbie Adderley and his friend Donald Morris embarked upon an ambitious marine project.
For 15 months they worked tirelessly with the help of family and friends to build the 68ft Reef Explorer from a new and untried material called a...
DATE: Feb 19, 2016
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Protesters who disrupted a meeting on new immigration policies for long-term residents have spoken to The Royal Gazette about the frustrations that drove them to vent their anger in public.
Michael Fahy, the Minister of Home Affairs, criticised the ...
DATE: Feb 19, 2016
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Secondary students showcased their science skills yesterday at Saltus Grammar School’s inaugural science fair.
More than 20 individual and group projects were on display at the Alumni Hall, covering biology, chemistry, physics, psychology, robotics,...
DATE: Feb 19, 2016
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Education
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Renee Carter, a founding member of the cancer charity and support group Melange, was recalled as “a superwoman” by her daughter after succumbing to the disease at the age of 56.
“She was a phenomenal woman and a pillar of strength,” Dominique Roberts...
DATE: Feb 19, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police are investigating after a taxi crashed into the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital last night.
The incident, which took place around midnight, saw the vehicle smash through a window of the Acute Care Wing.
A Bermuda Hospitals Board spokeswoman...
DATE: Feb 19, 2016
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Age Concern is set to host a four-week historical seminar series to help seniors understand their civic rights.
To be held from 10am to 1pm every Wednesday between March 2 and 23, each session will cost $20 for members and $30 for non-members (includ...
DATE: Feb 19, 2016
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More than 20 members of the Department of Works and Engineering have participated in a Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service training course.
The Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus course requires trainees to show competence with SCBA equipment under vario...
DATE: Feb 19, 2016
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