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The Norwegian Breakaway would happily visit Bermuda “forever” — if the Island would allow its on-board casino to run while the ship is in port.
As it is, however, Norwegian Cruise Line CEO Kevin Sheehan said Bermuda has thus far received “great revie...
DATE: Jun 07, 2013
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A long wait has ended for East End residents, as the St George’s Police Station reopened for business following years of refurbishment.
The Old Town had officers back in the station on Wednesday, according to Chief Inspector Tracy Adams, Commander of...
DATE: Jun 07, 2013
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Jonathan Bell
This year marks the last for Bermuda’s old-style horizontal-print bank notes, which cease to be legal tender come January 1, 2014.
Starting June 30, the vertical note series introduced in 2009 is to replace the “legacy” notes of $2, $5, $10, $20, $50...
DATE: Jun 06, 2013
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Jonathan Bell
An urgent meeting of parents and teachers for West Pembroke Primary was last night called in response to a teacher transfer.
The move was described by one parent as unpopular and “disrupting continuity” — and The Royal Gazette understands it targeted...
DATE: Jun 06, 2013
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Warwick Academy has celebrated its biggest graduating class.
Out of 60 International Baccalaureate students, 57 are heading on to higher education, with the remaining three going into the workforce.
The class of 2013 valedictorian, Anna Dobson, has b...
DATE: Jun 06, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
London QC Jerome Lynch has been considered as a possible Solicitor General for the Island — but “at the moment it is just a remote idea, no more”, Mr Lynch said.
A defence lawyer at the UK office Charter Chambers, Mr Lynch has acted in several high-p...
DATE: Jun 05, 2013
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Jonathan Bell
Government has agreed to pay out on $15 million worth of rejected health insurance claims after receiving a wave of calls from panicked seniors.
Health Minister Pat Gordon-Pamplin told The Royal Gazette that rumours of a cut to the subsidy for aged c...
DATE: Jun 05, 2013
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Jonathan Bell
Hospital officials seeking to head off soaring health costs report “mixed success” in getting long-term elderly patients taken home — often because their families can’t afford to look after them.
“The problem is, and has been for as long as I can rem...
DATE: Jun 04, 2013
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Jonathan Bell
One of Bermuda’s pioneering aviators, and the last remaining local mechanic for the “flying boats”, has died at the age of 88.
Second World War veteran Arthur Colin Plant passed away at the Somerset home from where his vintage seaplane, a Luscombe Si...
DATE: Jun 03, 2013
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Bermudian songbird Bailey Outerbridge got a “once in a lifetime” show when she opened for the Beach Boys over the weekend.
And proud parents Andrew and Phoebe Outerbridge said the rock ‘n’ roll legends jokingly passed on a request to Bermuda.
Front m...
DATE: Jun 03, 2013
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Jonathan Bell