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After 25 years of bringing Santa Claus to Hamilton's streets, supermarket chain MarketPlace is “shocked and disappointed” that the City hit them with a $2,500 fee for the first time ever.
“This is the time of year when we should all be pulling togeth...
DATE: Nov 07, 2012
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Alternative schools are in for greater Government supervision, but the Opposition is asking why steps weren't taken years earlier.
Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons said there were 25 tutorial sites three years ago, none of which held an operat...
DATE: Nov 06, 2012
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Education
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Jonathan Bell
US cruise visitors who’d booked a ten-day Caribbean tour had to settle for a day-and-a-half in Bermuda after Hurricane Sandy upended plans for the Norwegian Gem.
Rather than cancelling outright, the ship opted to moor at Dockyard on Sunday, setting s...
DATE: Nov 06, 2012
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Tourism
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Jonathan Bell
The City of Hamilton’s new policies on awnings and signs got an acrimonious reception from city business heads at a Chamber of Commerce meeting.
Beginning next year, awnings, signs and any other jutting attachment on the side of a Hamilton building w...
DATE: Nov 06, 2012
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The Earl Cameron Theatre was officially named today at a ceremony at City Hall. Speakers at the event honouring the 95-year-old stage and screen actor emphasised that Mr Cameron had grown up on Angle Street, and the City of Hamilton was honouring one...
DATE: Nov 05, 2012
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Government’s pledge to keep closer watch on alternative education is welcome news for Bermuda Union of Teachers leader Mike Charles.
“There are quite a few students being home-schooled — you’d be surprised,” he told The Royal Gazette.
But the veteran...
DATE: Nov 05, 2012
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Education
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Jonathan Bell
Government Health Insurance will expand to cover bills for generic drugs and GP visits, according to the Throne Speech.
Prescription drug benefits under the FutureCare insurance plan are also to be amended, to pay the full cost of generic medications...
DATE: Nov 05, 2012
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Health
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Jonathan Bell
Hot on the heels of four redundancies at Rosewood Tucker’s Point, another leading Bermuda hotel has had to cut staff.
Four workers at the Fairmont Southampton Hotel — two of them Bermudians — lost their jobs on Friday, The Royal Gazette understands.
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DATE: Nov 05, 2012
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It was all smiles in a crowded Cabinet Office room as Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith thanked organisations that have signed on for a work experience programme.
The Career Pathways programme has taken flight, with 223 public senior school stud...
DATE: Nov 05, 2012
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Education
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Jonathan Bell
Alterations to the tune of $4.5 million are planned for Bermuda's airport.
The eight-month project is to begin this year, as much of the Ferry Reach skyline now presents obstacles to aircraft under tighter global regulations.
Explained LF Wade Intern...
DATE: Nov 02, 2012
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