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The UK Government announced the creation of a new $3.2 million environment and climate fund to help protect and preserve the environmental assets of UK Overseas Territories.
The new fund brings together existing UK Government funding from the Departm...
DATE: Nov 06, 2012
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Environment
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The Earl Cameron Theatre was officially named today at a ceremony at City Hall. Speakers at the event honouring the 95-year-old stage and screen actor emphasised that Mr Cameron had grown up on Angle Street, and the City of Hamilton was honouring one...
DATE: Nov 05, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Runners from Bermuda have been caught up in the controversy surrounding yesterday’s cancelled New York Marathon, experiencing conflicting emotions and even feeling unwelcome in the normally congenial city.
“We even felt guilty putting on our running ...
DATE: Nov 05, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
A Bermudian medical student has been left stranded overseas without any cash due to a banking error, her mother claimed.
The 25-year-old, who is studying in Curacao, reported that her HSBC Bermuda debit card stopped working almost three weeks ago.
Si...
DATE: Nov 05, 2012
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Eight new garbage trucks costing a total of $1.1 million have been bought by the Ministry of Public Works to bring the fleet up to 19 vehicles.
The new vehicles were purchased from HFI Truck Centre in New Jersey at a basic cost of $125,160 each. A Mi...
DATE: Nov 05, 2012
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Government’s pledge to keep closer watch on alternative education is welcome news for Bermuda Union of Teachers leader Mike Charles.
“There are quite a few students being home-schooled — you’d be surprised,” he told The Royal Gazette.
But the veteran...
DATE: Nov 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Rockaway ferry commuters will see the return of the 7.55am service to Hamilton tomorrow.
The Department of Marine and Ports Services announced it would bring the route back following its axing from the schedule in July.
The service had been dropped e...
DATE: Nov 05, 2012
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Government Health Insurance will expand to cover bills for generic drugs and GP visits, according to the Throne Speech.
Prescription drug benefits under the FutureCare insurance plan are also to be amended, to pay the full cost of generic medications...
DATE: Nov 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government’s early release of October’s tourism figures was “an attempt to use half-baked results for political gain” the OBA has claimed.
Shadow Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell pointed to the announcement of a 5.3 percent rise in air arrivals as “e...
DATE: Nov 05, 2012
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Tourism
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Hot on the heels of four redundancies at Rosewood Tucker’s Point, another leading Bermuda hotel has had to cut staff.
Four workers at the Fairmont Southampton Hotel — two of them Bermudians — lost their jobs on Friday, The Royal Gazette understands.
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DATE: Nov 05, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
