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Asthma charity Open Airways is backing proposed legislation amendments that will restrict the sale of electronic cigarettes.
The Tobacco Control Act 2015, first announced in last year’s Throne Speech, is expected to be debated by MPs in the House of...
DATE: Dec 04, 2015
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Next year’s Recruit Camp will be made up solely of volunteers for the first time ever, according to the Royal Bermuda Regiment.
Commanding Officer Lt Col Michael Foster-Brown said that recruits conscripted to take part in the January camp have been s...
DATE: Dec 04, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Future Rotarians packed holiday hampers last night to distribute to families in need.
The Interact Club, a service and teamwork group made up of more than 30 of Bermuda’s students, formed an assembly line in Craig Appin House, filling festive bags wi...
DATE: Dec 04, 2015
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A mother has described her gay son and his partner as “very courageous” for launching a bid to have Bermuda’s first same-sex marriage.
Sylvia Hayward-Harris told The Royal Gazette it was typical of her son Ijumo Hayward to “not worry about public app...
DATE: Dec 04, 2015
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A gay couple seeking permission to marry in Bermuda are highly likely to succeed if their case goes before the courts, according to a human rights expert.
Lawyer Mark Diel said recent court judgments regarding same-sex couples in Bermuda showed the I...
DATE: Dec 04, 2015
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A call for aid has gone out from the Hands of Love Ministry, which has set its sights on helping 250 families in need this Christmas.
Donations, food vouchers, toys and edibles are all gratefully received, said the head of the charity, Fern Wade.
“W...
DATE: Dec 04, 2015
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Michael Dunkley has hit back at calls for Bermuda to make its beneficial ownership information public, claiming that critics are “attempting to solve a problem that does not exist”.
After three days of meetings in London, the British Overseas Territo...
DATE: Dec 04, 2015
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Politics
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After selling out its initial two-year print run in less than three weeks, Island Flames second edition will go on sale early next year.
Jonathan Smith’s book chronicles the story behind Bermuda’s 1977 riots, which saw two tourists and a Bermudian ho...
DATE: Dec 04, 2015
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A Devonshire man has denied causing grievous bodily harm to a man by dangerous driving.
Teledo Breary, 35 or Tribe Lane, is accused of injuring Jamel Minors while driving his car on Point Finger Road on October 14 last year.
Mr Minors was left with a...
DATE: Dec 04, 2015
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Court
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A Devonshire woman has appeared at Magistrates’ Court to face charges of trespassing on her ex-husbands’ property, assaulting him and breaking his mobile phone.
Marshallene Lindsay of Derwent Lane South, 39, pleaded not guilty to the three incidents,...
DATE: Dec 04, 2015
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