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It is not unreasonable to conclude that had Parliament not reconvened until February 9, 2019 rather than this morning, John Rankin would still be giving “careful consideration” to the Domestic Partnership Act 2017.
Since the Senate gave its approval ...
DATE: Feb 09, 2018
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The issue of road safety is far-ranging in Bermuda and The Royal Gazette’s Drive for Change campaign aims to explore as many causes as possible throughout its six-month course.
Aside from the high rates of impaired driving, speeding and lack of adeq...
DATE: Feb 08, 2018
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Internationally renowned preacher Bill Hamon intends to speak of spiritual warfare when he comes to Bermuda this week, but he will find that the warfare has already begun — with a pocket of the island’s non-believers up in arms over his imminent pres...
DATE: Feb 05, 2018
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By his own admission, Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch does not like talking to or being associated in any way with The Royal Gazette. So it had to take something of great significance to get the Colonel to assemble all media, including the “big bad RG...
DATE: Feb 02, 2018
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It’s time to slam on the brakes, and take a long, hard look at ourselves.
Bermuda’s road safety record is an international embarrassment, with our death and injury rates topping most of the 35 member countries within the Organisation for Economic Co-...
DATE: Jan 29, 2018
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The outpouring of love shown by the British football community, and those from all walks of life farther afield, in the wake of the death this week of Cyrille Regis has been palpable.
Regis, the former West Bromwich Albion, Coventry City and England ...
DATE: Jan 19, 2018
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So the prodigal son has made it back from the abyss. The People’s Campaign for Equality, Jobs and Justice announced its return to relevance last week after an extended spell in hibernation during which the future of one its three kingpins was placed ...
DATE: Jan 12, 2018
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Looking out for our interests abroad is meant to be one of the tenets of the Bermuda Cricket Board, but time and again the governing body for the national sport in this country is caught with its pants down, in reactionary mode having been dumped on ...
DATE: Jan 10, 2018
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As far as own goals go, the one that took place at the Fairmont Southampton on New Year’s Eve was as deflating as they come.
What better way to trash the reputation of Bermuda than to make a train wreck of our most famous hotel and give the impressio...
DATE: Jan 05, 2018
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“Since Bermuda has a large measure of internal self-government, the British Government has no authority to intervene in this matter”
— Foreign Secretary David Owen, Autumn 1977
The notion that British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson could intervene i...
DATE: Dec 22, 2017
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RG: In our Opinion