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Students involved in a youth climate programme learnt about the electric buses now servicing the island.
The group was given a presentation about the Department of Public Transportation vehicles as well as a tour.
A Government spokeswoman said that M...
DATE: Apr 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Social service agencies can learn how to better support people who are part of LGBTQ+ communities at a training day next month.
The Inter Agency Committee for Children, Families and the Community has teamed up with OUTBermuda to run the session on Ma...
DATE: Apr 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Economic benefits to Bermuda sparked by the reopening of the Fairmont Southampton will “far outweigh” the value of concessions designed to support the hotel’s redevelopment, the tourism minister insisted yesterday.
Vance Campbell earlier tabled legis...
DATE: Apr 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Delays to travel authorisation approvals are usually because people submitted their forms too late, a government spokeswoman said.
She added that many recent travellers filled out applications in the evening before their planned departure for Bermuda...
DATE: Apr 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Join The Royal Gazette this morning for minute by minute coverage of the House of Assembly
DATE: Apr 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Parliamentarians will return to the House of Assembly today when legislation is expected to be tabled to enshrine government support for the Fairmont Southampton redevelopment.
The Fairmont Southampton Hotel Act 2022 is listed for tabling before MPs,...
DATE: Apr 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A US Coast Guard crew and a Bermuda Government representative were able to take a closer look at activity in international waters in a joint fisheries operation, the US Consul-General said yesterday.
USCGS Angela McShan patrolled waters seaward of th...
DATE: Apr 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Two artists will show their work to help boost a charity that renovates homes for families.
Sheilagh Head and Andy Detzer will exhibit pieces to benefit Habitat for Humanity of Bermuda with an event at the charity’s ReStore on Front Street this Thurs...
DATE: Apr 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A yacht used in an alleged bid to smuggle a Pablo Picasso painting out of Spain was seen in St George’s over the weekend.
Jaime Botin was convicted of trying to traffic the art work Head of a Young Woman on his 65m schooner Adix in 2015.
Megayacht Ne...
DATE: Apr 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Tourism businesses have been told to brace for thousands of visitors as the Bermuda Tourism Authority predicts a strong summer season.
Charles Jeffers II, the BTA’s chief executive officer, said that hotels were almost sold out for the return of the ...
DATE: Apr 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter