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More than 13,000 people could attend the America’s Cup Village in Dockyard during a single day of competition, according to estimates.
The estimates, included in draft environmental impact studies by Bermuda Environmental Consulting Ltd, suggest that...
DATE: Apr 01, 2016
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Sasha Howland gave up ten inches of hair for a good cause yesterday.
The ten-year-old student at Bermuda High School said that rather than let the hair go to waste, she would donate it to Locks of Love, an international non-profit that uses donated h...
DATE: Apr 01, 2016
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Cash-strapped Riddell’s Bay Golf and Country Club is to close after nearly a century, it was revealed yesterday.
Professional services firm PwC, who have been appointed as liquidators, said the club had “limited and insufficient cash” to meet operati...
DATE: Apr 01, 2016
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Government employees who did not go to work during the protests against Pathways to Status will not be paid, according to a Cabinet Office spokeswoman.
Asked if civil servants who stayed away during the demonstrations would be paid, the spokeswoman s...
DATE: Apr 01, 2016
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Change comes to us all: after a seven-year struggle to stay at $1, The Royal Gazette will cost our readers $1.50 to purchase over the counter, starting today.
The move, among several in store as the island’s daily continues to evolve, reflects the ch...
DATE: Apr 01, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
All options are on the table for the future use of Cross Island once the America’s Cup is over, according to Wedco.
Andrew Dias, the general manager at Wedco, told attendees at a public meeting intended to garner feedback, that the intent was for the...
DATE: Apr 01, 2016
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Warwick man was shocked to be fined $1,000 by a magistrate for possessing less than a quarter gram of cannabis.
Craig Stapff, 53, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to possessing 0.23g of the controlled drug in an incident on October 26 last year...
DATE: Apr 01, 2016
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Court
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Rosalind Staples was in the right place at the right time to capture striking photographs of a humpback whale leaping out of the ocean.
The images were taken about five miles out to sea to the southwest of the last marker off West Whale Bay Park on M...
DATE: Apr 01, 2016
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Parents were urged to make a difference in underage drinking yesterday as Alcohol Awareness Month launched on the island.
Anthony Santucci, the executive director of the Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, described the April initiative as a “call to...
DATE: Apr 01, 2016
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The Constituency Boundaries Commission wants feedback from the public, with an open forum to be held on the night of April 11.
Submissions can also be sent by e-mail to pro@gov.bm, from today until April 11.
The commission’s public meeting will be he...
DATE: Apr 01, 2016
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Politics
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