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As Bermuda celebrates its 400th anniversary, The Royal Gazette is once again inviting Bermuda's writers to submit entries for the newspaper's annual Christmas Short Story Contest. The deadline is Monday, December 7 at 5 p.m.
Stories may be fiction or...
DATE: Nov 09, 2009
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A tree was planted in the grounds of the House of Assembly in honour of the late Health Minister Nelson Bascome.
Mr. Bascome's widow Shirlene and his old friend Premier Ewart Brown performed the ceremony on Friday in front of onlooking MPs to mark th...
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Taxi drivers suspected of drinking
Two taxi drivers were arrested on suspicion of drunk driving over the weekend.
In the first incident, Police stopped the driver, a 41-year-old Devonshire man, at the junction of South Road and Lovers Lane, Paget, at...
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Television judge Glenda Hatchett urged parents to set the same standards bringing up their sons as they do for their daughters, in a vibrant performance at the Progressive Labour Party's annual banquet.
The American — whose show aims to help troubled...
DATE: Nov 09, 2009
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A prosecutor has been fined $1,000 and admonished by her professional body after her remarks on Facebook that a defendant was lying threatened to derail his murder trial.
Takiyah Burgess's comments that "Takiyah is in court ready for the lies" and "T...
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A 24-year-old man was attacked at the Hamilton Parish Workman's Club, suffering stab wounds to his head and body.
According to a Police spokesman, the attack was reported at around 1.50 a.m. on Friday.
The spokesman said: "Details about what occurred...
DATE: Nov 09, 2009
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Cabinet rejected former Culture Minister Dale Butler’s proposal to ban discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, Culture Minister Neletha Butterfield revealed today.
Ms Butterfield told a Throne Speech press conference this morning that th...
DATE: Nov 09, 2009
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The Island is to receive a new war memorial, Works and Engineering Derrick Burgess announced today.
The news comes just two days before the annual Remembrance Day holiday, which marks the anniversary of the end of the First World War.
The proposed me...
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The doors have been locked for decades — but hopes are now being raised that taxpayers could at last be let into meetings when MPs discuss how their cash is being spent.
United Bermuda Party MP John Barritt spotted a chink of light in Friday's Throne...
DATE: Nov 09, 2009
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A man has been arrested in connection with a double shooting which Police have confirmed is gang related.
The victims, a 24-year-old Pembroke man and a 31-year-old Devonshire man were taken to hospital after the shooting for treatment to their wounds...
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