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One of Bermuda’s oldest residents, Clarice Reynolds Lindley, has died at the age of 104.
The accomplised violinist, who once met famed US composer George Gershwin, stayed active in later life and advised others of the benefits of doing so.
She played...
DATE: Feb 22, 2014
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Jessie Moniz Hardy
Disputes between two Government departments and the Bermuda Industrial Union grew yesterday, with Parks Department workers downing tools and ferry service remaining suspended despite an injunction.
In an e-mail to Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy f...
DATE: Feb 22, 2014
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
New ways of buying insurance do not generate as many jobs — but Bermuda has to keep its position at the cutting edge of the industry, Finance Minister Bob Richards said yesterday.
Mr Richards added: “Several Wall Street analysts have painted a rather...
DATE: Feb 22, 2014
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Corporation of St George’s was just weeks away from being forced to shut down at the start of the year because of a cash crisis.
Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy said the municipality’s financial situation “was at such a critical state” in Janu...
DATE: Feb 22, 2014
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Gareth Finighan
Seniors’ advocates Age Concern issued “both a congratulatory and cautious response” to the latest Budget.
Executive director Claudette Fleming cheered the announcement of a $9 million boost to Government’s Financial Assistance programme which would h...
DATE: Feb 22, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s banks are a drag on the Island’s recovery from recession, Finance Minister Bob Richards said.
And he said the sector’s get-tough policy on lending and tiny deposit interest rates were “at odds with Bermuda’s national interests” — and added ...
DATE: Feb 22, 2014
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Island’s airport is set to be first to be moved out of Government’s hands, Finance Minister Bob Richards said yesterday.
Mr Richards added that the airport building — some of which dates back to the 1940s — was in serious need of upgrading, but t...
DATE: Feb 22, 2014
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Earlier this month The Royal Gazette published a picture of the Gibbs House Lighthouse taken by a GoPro-equipped Blade 350QX quadcopter with attached camera.
Having been advised by Peter Adhemar, Head of Operations at Bermuda Department of Civil Avia...
DATE: Feb 22, 2014
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Former gang members are being given work to help out the community, thanks to an initiative by Habitat for Humanity Bermuda.
The group has quietly teamed up with the anti-gang programme Team Street Safe to fix up homes for needy families, free of cha...
DATE: Feb 22, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
Government has obtained an injunction from the Chief Justice to get striking Marine and Ports staff back to work.
However Bermuda Industrial Union president Chris Furbert said the injunction was “premature”, and that union lawyers have been in court ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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