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People will get the chance to hear experts' views on good governance at a Caribbean Ombudsman Association conference being hosted in Bermuda.
Ombudsman Arlene Brock says the event is a coup for the Island as it features a string of impressive speaker...
DATE: Feb 14, 2008
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Crazy boating brothers Ralph and Bob Brown have come up with a mad idea to surpass their own world record-breaking Bermuda Suicide Challenge.
Last year, the Floridian pair defied the advice of maritime experts by trekking unescorted from North Caroli...
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Home Affairs Minister Sen. David Burch told the Senate yesterday he wanted to dispel the "completely false" notion that Government was motivated by race.
At the start of the debate on the Throne Speech in the Upper House, Sen. Burch said: "I'd like t...
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A patient on Government's Health Insurance Plan (HIP) will be reimbursed for her almost $4,000 surgery bill after The Royal Gazette contacted the Ministry of Health on her behalf.
Irma Dill had to undergo surgery and two follow-up doctor's appointmen...
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Bermudians paid tribute today to former Governor Sir Desmond Langley who has died from cancer.
Sir Desmond was a man as comfortable in the bars of Court Street as the elite clubs of Front Street.
He was Governor of Bermuda from 1988 to 1992 and succu...
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Former United Bermuda Party MP Jamahl Simmons was confirmed today as the man who will replace the Premier's Chief of Staff Wayne Caines who is leaving at the end of the month to take up an undisclosed post in the private sector.
Mr. Simmons will beco...
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A woman motorist has admitted killing a motorcyclist through dangerous driving.
Trina Doyling's car was in collision with a bike driven by 52-year-old David Santucci on the morning of November 8, 2006. She pleaded guilty to causing his death during a...
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Two independent senators and the Opposition Senate Leader spoke of the need to modernise Bermuda's laws to promote good governance yesterday.
Sen. Walwyn Hughes welcomed calls for public access to information and said he would have liked to see a com...
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All eyes turn to the Budget tomorrow as the public wonder whether the Progressive Labour Party will honour election promises of free public transport and free Bermuda College education for Bermudians.
Providing free public transport is thought to cos...
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A Bermudian man was arrested by the US Coastguard after it intercepted a boat heading for the Island with 2,000lbs of cannabis on board, it was revealed today.
On Saturday, January 5, the Coastguard stopped an American-registered private boat in the ...
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