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Young students from Gilbert Institute have presented letters to education minister Wayne Scott asking him not to close their school.
Gilbert Institute, the island’s only primary level school for the deaf and hard of hearing, is one of four schools f...
DATE: Mar 04, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda Government’s three-pronged approach to tackling marriage equality has created “total confusion”, according to an Opposition MP.
Same-sex marriage opponent Wayne Furbert said announcing a referendum, introducing draft legislation on civil ...
DATE: Mar 03, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Minister of Home Affairs Michael Fahy has said the behaviour of protesters who caused chaos among early morning commuters on East Broadway yesterday was “unacceptable”.
He also told demonstrators that if they objected to immigration reforms they shou...
DATE: Mar 02, 2016
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Politics
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The Bermuda Government has announced that it is to call a referendum on same-sex marriage and civil unions.
Michael Dunkley, the Premier, called a press conference this morning, accompanied by Patricia Gordon Pamplin, Minister for Community, Culture ...
DATE: Mar 01, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Community minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin has tabled draft legislation which would allow the creation of same-sex unions in Bermuda.
The consultative legislation comes two weeks after legislation was tabled which would specify marriage being between...
DATE: Feb 29, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Shadow transport minister Lawrence Scott has blasted the Bermuda Government for “not including a single word about road safety” in its Budget Statement, describing the issue as a “national health crisis”.
Speaking in the House of Assembly last night ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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The One Bermuda Alliance’s legacy will be the “the great Bermudian exodus”, Shadow Minister of Finance David Burt told MPs in his Reply to the Budget yesterday.
The OBA was accused of adding $1 billion to the island’s debt and overseeing the loss of ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The America’s Cup village site will be handed over to the AC Event Authority five months ahead of schedule, MPs heard this morning.
The infill in Dockyard’s South Basin has taken in 310,000 cubic yards of material in the last few months, Grant Gibbon...
DATE: Feb 26, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Singapore model for casino gaming adopted by the Bermuda Government in the 2014 Act will be amended to suit the island, the House of Assembly heard this morning.
The updates came from Shawn Crockwell, the Minister of Tourism Development and Trans...
DATE: Feb 26, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A crowd of hundreds demonstrating against One Bermuda Alliance immigration initiatives came out to pack Parliament Street outside the Government Administration Building.
However, Michael Fahy, the Minister of Home Affairs, insisted that yesterday’s p...
DATE: Feb 26, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell