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A new managing director is to oversee both the Fairmont Southampton and the Fairmont Hamilton Princess.
George Terpilowski takes the helm for Fairmont Bermuda after 30 years’ hospitality experience, most recently as general manager of the Fairmont Wa...
DATE: Aug 16, 2011
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
West End business owners have applauded Dockyard’s policing upgrade, which has seen a police foot patrol added for the five-month cruise ship season.
“It’s going to have a huge impact. It’s something we’ve been looking forward to for years,” said Liv...
DATE: Aug 15, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Internet scams are circulating the Island in greater numbers, police have warned.
Recent tactics have included tantalising marriage offers on social network sites, with requests for transfers of funds.
The Financial Crime Unit cautioned the public ag...
DATE: Aug 15, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Local beauties were announced for the Face of Bermuda competition over the weekend.
Winner Desiree Riley, 20, of Warwick, will travel to London under the wing of the modelling agency McCallion Brown, after being judged the Face of Bermuda.
Ms Riley t...
DATE: Aug 15, 2011
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Other
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Jonathan Bell
Starting today, shoppers will see the effects of an ongoing standoff between dockworkers and management, as meat, dairy products and other perishables are kept from reaching the shelves.
“We've seen no change in the dispute,” said Zach Moniz, manager...
DATE: Aug 15, 2011
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Other
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Jonathan Bell
A Bermudian woman is to take the helm next year as CEO of the Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB).
Venetta Symonds took the job of acting CEO in 2006, during the international recruitment process that saw present CEO David Hill appointed to the job. She ha...
DATE: Aug 13, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A string of potential tropical storms across the Atlantic includes a new tropical depression just off the Island’s northwest.
The nearby Tropical Depression Six, which was last night said to have a 60 percent chance of turning into a tropical storm o...
DATE: Aug 13, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Seventeen-year-old business student Stefanny Sanchez has had to work hard for her achievements.
The Devonshire girl, originally from Ecuador, has spent her life in Bermuda but, as a foreign national, she isn’t eligible for the range of scholarships a...
DATE: Aug 13, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
To sample public opinion on the Bermuda Industrial Union’s tough stance on behalf of workers, The Royal Gazette hit the streets of Hamilton yesterday.
The BIU could be headed for a showdown with the Department of Public Transport over its insistence ...
DATE: Aug 13, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s spending on healthcare could rocket to $1.5 billion by the year 2020, according to a report made public yesterday by the Bermuda Health Council.
Figures revealed in the BHeC’s National Health Accounts Report 2011 show that the Island spent ...
DATE: Aug 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell