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Bermuda’s new long-range radar at LF Wade International Airport should go online for testing next week.
The work means outgoing flights from Bermuda may be subject to delays between 1pm and 4pm, since non-radar procedures require a bigger gap betwee...
DATE: Jun 27, 2013
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Police have arrested a suspect in the murder of Verneil Richardson, who was stabbed to death in the early hours of yesterday.
The 21-year-old victim died during a confrontation outside Bailey’s Bay Cricket Club.
Adam Leroy King, a 34-year-old Bailey’...
DATE: Jun 27, 2013
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Jonathan Bell
Alarmed at the soaring cost of health insurance premiums, one business has opted to invest in the wellness of its employees.
“The cost of healthcare is spiralling out of control in Bermuda,” warned Air Care general manager Robert Platt.
Health insura...
DATE: Jun 27, 2013
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A “mentor and friend” to the primary students of Warwick Academy has stepped down.
Retired police inspector Jean Victors supervised the after-school programme at Warwick Academy and worked as a crossing guard over 22 years.
Following a special assemb...
DATE: Jun 26, 2013
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Education
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Jonathan Bell
Young recipients of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards have been told that “despite the circumstances, despite things that might seem to be against you, and against all odds — you are leaders”.
Bronze and silver awardees for the Berkeley Institute were a...
DATE: Jun 26, 2013
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Free HIV screenings will be offered on Thursday by the Department of Health, as part of HIV Testing Day.
The confidential testing will be available from 8.30am to 3.30pm at the Hamilton Health Centre on Victoria Street.
Public health nurse Kim Ball s...
DATE: Jun 25, 2013
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The public testimony of HIV-positive speaker Lolisa Gibson-Hunte was met with tears and applause — plus encouragement from Bermudians who live with the virus.
“You can go for many years without knowing you have it,” Ms Gibson-Hunte advised a teen in ...
DATE: Jun 25, 2013
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For new Miss Bermuda Katherine Arnfield, returning to the classroom after her coronation still carried an air of unreality.
“It hasn’t sunk in yet,” the 17-year-old Saltus student told The Royal Gazette.
Her reception from fellow students was “great ...
DATE: Jun 25, 2013
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Colleagues, friends and family of the late lawyer Bala Nadarajah packed a special sitting held at Supreme Court to honour the 78-year-old’s legacy.
Chief Justice Ian Kawaley told the more than 100 gathered yesterday that Mr Nadarajah played “a pivot...
DATE: Jun 25, 2013
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One of the Island’s promising teen footballers is to attend college on a scholarship after impressive scores in his last year of high school in the US.
Bermuda national team player Zeiko Lewis, 19, told The Royal Gazette his preferred niche on the pi...
DATE: Jun 24, 2013
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