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The Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission is seeking a new general counsel less than two months after it announced the hiring of Arlene Brock, the former Ombudsman, to the post.
According to a notice in Saturday’s edition of The Royal Gazette, the commiss...
DATE: Nov 24, 2015
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Mount Saint Agnes Academy remembered Bermuda’s fallen heroes in an early Remembrance Day ceremony.
While Remembrance Day is celebrated on November 11, the anniversary of the end of the First World War, school principal Sue Moench told students gather...
DATE: Nov 12, 2015
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An almost 400-year-old Bermuda coin fetched more than $70,000 at auction recently.
The coin, a rare Sommer Islands sixpence popularly known as “hogge money”, was one of a collection of coins sold at auction in New York on October 28. The event, prese...
DATE: Nov 09, 2015
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Shortly after Bermudian veteran Isabell Flood signed up to join the Royal Canadian Air Force, she recalls an officer asking her why she had volunteered.
Mrs Flood said she quietly responded: “So men might fly.”
She added: “He wasn’t capable of flying...
DATE: Nov 09, 2015
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The Bermuda Arts Council last night honoured six people who dedicated themselves to entertaining and inspiring the Island.
Musician and choir leader Cecil Smith, visual artist Will Collieson, actor Gavin Wilson and singer Pinky Steede were each prese...
DATE: Nov 09, 2015
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The handling of the St George’s Hotel project came under fire during a town-hall meeting at Penno’s Wharf on Thursday night.
While the attendees of the meeting expressed support in principle to a hotel on the former Club Med site, many expressed conc...
DATE: Nov 07, 2015
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The Bermuda Government is looking into several options to get cruise ships to St George’s without widening Town Cut.
Speaking at a town-hall meeting, permanent secretary for the Ministry of Tourism Development and Transport, Francis Richardson, said ...
DATE: Nov 07, 2015
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Friends were shocked and surprised by the passing of popular Bermudian photographer Ibrahim “Abes” Muhammad.
Mr Muhammad, whose photographs of the Island’s nightlife frequently appeared in The Royal Gazette and the Vybez Alliance website among others...
DATE: Nov 07, 2015
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Years of hard work finally paid off for Katrina Dickson yesterday as she became the newest member of the Bermuda Bar.
Introducing Ms Dickson to the courts, lawyer Richard Horseman described her as driven, hard working and a welcome addition to the Wa...
DATE: Nov 07, 2015
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A group of Mill Creek Road businesses and residents are set to meet with a Government engineer next week to discuss flooding in the area.
While the Mill Creek group has called on the Government to act on the longstanding issue, claiming the high wate...
DATE: Nov 07, 2015
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