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A Bermudian sailor started a race against time to get a schoolboy from one of the world’s most remote islands to a hospital for life-saving surgery, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Alex Brooks, from Pembroke, was on a round-the-world trip with his wife...
DATE: Jul 30, 2019
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Young people from 11 middle schools took to the water for the 2019 Endeavour Graduate Summer Programme regatta.
Graduates from the Endeavour Community Sailing programme sailed from the Endeavour Forts in St George’s and Dockyard to Shelly Bay, where ...
DATE: Jul 30, 2019
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The Government expects Bermuda will receive slightly more cruse ship visits next year, and is working to keep ships in port longer.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Tourism and Transport said that it is projected Bermuda will see 199 cruise ship visit...
DATE: Jul 29, 2019
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Tourism
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police have urged the public to come forward with information about the murder of Taylor Grier one year ago.
Mr Grier was fatally shot on July 27, 2018, while he was on Court Street, Pembroke.
A police spokesman said: “Two men on a motorcycle wearing...
DATE: Jul 29, 2019
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The lives of those lost at sea were remembered in a ceremony off the coast of the island.
The Guild of the Holy Compassion held its annual ceremony last weekend on board the pilot boat St David, casting wreaths into the waters of Five Fathom Hole.
Am...
DATE: Jul 29, 2019
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The owners of the former Riddell’s Bay golf course have clashed with a group opposing their plans to rezone the site.
Castile Holdings has submitted plans to break the property into 22 lots, including 18 residential lots, a nature reserve, open space...
DATE: Jul 27, 2019
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Bermuda and the United States will work together on a counter terrorism exercise at LF Wade International Airport next year.
Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, said the Government was approached by the US representatives about the possi...
DATE: Jul 26, 2019
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Politics
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Police Service and the Royal Bermuda Regiment will work together this Cup Match to protect Bermuda’s waters, according to Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security.
Mr Caines told the House of Assembly parish constables would operat...
DATE: Jul 26, 2019
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Politics
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Legislated maternity leave and paternity leave will be enshrined in Bermuda’s labour laws, according to Lovitta Foggo.
Ms Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Culture, said the Employment (Maternity Leave Extension and Paternity Leave...
DATE: Jul 26, 2019
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Politics
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Non-Bermudian workers will be required to enrol in pension schemes under new rules put in place by the Government.
Finance minister Curtis Dickinson told the House of Assembly that the Government would adopt a string of recommendations put forward by...
DATE: Jul 26, 2019
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Politics
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Owain Johnston-Barnes