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The launch of an Antares rocket from Virginia was called off yesterday due to a technical issue.
The rocket had been expected to be visible from Bermuda as it soared into the sky.
The scrubbing of the launch came just 12 minutes before the opening of...
DATE: Apr 18, 2013
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The Bermuda National Gallery is determined to maintain free admission, despite steep operating costs and a plunge in sponsorship.
BNG director Lisa Howie told The Royal Gazette she was proud of the gallery’s commitment to keeping membership rates dow...
DATE: Apr 18, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The annual Agricultural Exhibition has been a Bermuda tradition for 75 years.
But while attending the event is enough for some, others have made entering the competition a tradition in itself.
For the last three decades, William Zuill has entered an ...
DATE: Apr 18, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The work may be hard and the hours may be long, but the hospitality industry is the only place for her, Betty-Jean Gilbert insists.
She was recently presented with the Best of the Best Award by the Visitor Industry Partnership, recognised for her yea...
DATE: Apr 18, 2013
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Women in Bermuda have the highest rate of diabetes-related lower extremity amputations out of all the 30 countries in the OECD.
That was one of the facts highlighted by Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin at the Department of Public Transportatio...
DATE: Apr 18, 2013
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Health
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Environment protection agency BEST is calling for an overhaul of Planning regulations to “reduce incidences and perceptions of cronyism or political bias”.
The group has made the call in the wake of controversial decisions by former Planning Minister...
DATE: Apr 18, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A medical practice has resorted to hiring its own debt collector to track down a soaring number of patients refusing to pay.
The company has accumulated roughly $300,000 in unpaid bills since 2011, said one doctor, who requested anonymity for this st...
DATE: Apr 18, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The general consensus on the planned gun bounty rewards to help get guns off the streets of Bermuda is that something is better than doing nothing.
The public safety campaign begins next month to promote the reward offer by CrimeStoppers Bermuda for ...
DATE: Apr 18, 2013
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A Pembroke woman attempted to use a stolen credit card to buy seven bags of fake hair, Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday.
The court heard that on February 26, a Smith’s resident returned home to discover that his television, DVD player and a Capital...
DATE: Apr 18, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A burglary in Warwick turned into a struggle over a knife after the thief was caught in the act.
Ajani Albouy-Lovell, 22, from Warwick, pleaded guilty yesterday in Magistrates’ Court to breaking into his neighbour’s home on April 11.
The court heard ...
DATE: Apr 18, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
