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one person who epitomises it, it is Dr. Roosevelt Brown.
In the 1960s, he was one of the leaders of the drive to universal adult suffrage and he was later an MP for the Progressive Labour Party who made the "ultimate sacrifice'' when he gave up his P...
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A row over the make-up of the powerful commission which picks top Civil Servants and Police chiefs has rocked relations between Premier Jennifer Smith and Governor Thorold Masefield, it was claimed yesterday.
A political insider said the PLP wanted t...
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Transport Minister Ewart Brown will put forward a regulation change allowing for a $5 a day charge for leaving vehicles at the airports for long periods.
Also on the agenda for today's session of the House of Assembly is a debate on an amendment to t...
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girlfriend of her liberty, was acquitted in Supreme Court yesterday.
The 37-year-old was found not guilty of each count by a seven-woman, five-man jury who deliberated for some two hours.
The jury also found him not guilty of the lesser count of sexu...
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wave of protest and anger from the convicted man's family.
And the case could soon go before the Court of Appeal after Lightbourne's sister accused the Bermuda Police Service of corruption.
Describing the Police as "disgusting, filthy and corrupt'', ...
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Gareth Finighan
Jet ski rider Bruce Foggo will hear his fate in March when a Magistrate will pass judgment on whether he piloted his craft while drunk and without due care.
Foggo was involved in a collision on April 12 last year when his jet ski struck a 14-foot boa...
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guilty of armed robbery.
After nearly two weeks of evidence a jury of ten women and two men took just two hours to reach unanimous verdicts on all five counts that the 32-year-old Devon Spring Road man had been charged with.
Lightbourne was given con...
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Gareth Finighan
Bermuda's public school students are performing two years behind their US peers, according to a new achievement test.
Results of the Stanford Diagnostic Test have not officially been released to parents or the public.
But The Royal Gazette understand...
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Arthur Hodgson's Environment Ministry.
Mr. Hodgson this week confirmed Dr. Brown -- a UN award winner for projects in developing countries -- was considering an offer to act as a consultant to the Ministry.
The Minister said: "We have approached him ...
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Janet Outerbridge has filed a writ seeking $11,500 from Ronald P. Smith.
SAL Ltd. has filed a writ against Mark A. Goddard.
Bermuda Home Ltd. has filed a writ seeking $299,807 against John M. Fryer and Joanne Fryer.
A writ has been filed in the matte...
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