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A cruise line has listed Bermuda on its 2023 summer schedule.
MSC Merviglia, of MSC Cruises, will offer year-round voyages from New York to Bermuda, with the first one to start in April.
Itineraries will vary from six-night stays to eleven nights...
DATE: Apr 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Automatic gratuities across Bermuda’s hospitality sector are under review by the Office of the Tax Commissioner.
A survey of gratuities was e-mailed to restaurant owners and hoteliers last week.
The questionnaire may be linked to the Government’s ext...
DATE: Apr 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island’s two public senior schools got the go-ahead to hold their respective sports days this week with staff and spectators.
The Berkeley Institute was approved for yesterday and today on its school field, while CedarBridge Academy’s athletics a...
DATE: Apr 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Owners of bluebird boxes are being reminded to monitor them regularly as the nesting season is now in full flow.
The boxes are frequently taken over by house sparrows, which are known to attack Bermuda’s native bluebirds and threaten their populatio...
DATE: Apr 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A charity wants to recruit a team of “weekday warriors” to help with restoration work on an historic fort.
Work has already started at Fort Cunningham on Paget Island, St George’s Harbour, with members of the Royal Bermuda Regiment helping to clear u...
DATE: Apr 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda Hospitals Board warned of traffic diversions outside of the Acute Care Wing that will be in effect today.
The hospital will have the outside of the building cleaned and will use a lift that will block the road at the main entrance.
Pedest...
DATE: Apr 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A legal challenge to mandatory Covid-19 testing for school pupils before they can return to the classroom has suffered a defeat in the Supreme Court.
The case for the parent, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was brought last month against a dec...
DATE: Apr 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Retired firefighters could be called back into action to bolster the ranks of the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Michael Weeks, the Minister of National Security, said the move was part of a “high-priority” plan to res...
DATE: Apr 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The work of a “major drug-trafficking ring” was hampered after a joint operation between police and customs officials, a senior detective said yesterday.
His comments came after cannabis worth about $800,000 was seized at a home this month.
A Bermuda...
DATE: Apr 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An island-based air ambulance service that can get patients in need of urgent treatment to the United States in just a few hours has been officially launched.
Bermuda Air Ambulance Ltd flew eight patients to hospitals in the US this month — and belie...
DATE: Apr 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan