A pressure group has called on Bermudians to “rise to the occasion” in defence of democracy by signing a petition in support of a referendum on gaming.
At a press conference outside the House of Assembly this morning, the four members of the group — ...
DATE: Jan 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Gareth Finighan
Welcome to my regular update to share information and involve the people of Bermuda in the progress of the Bermuda Tourism Authority. Success in tourism affects us all, and that success is dependent on us all.
This week I want to focus on the Nation...
DATE: Jan 09, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
The Clocktower Mall in Dockyard will be closed three days a week for the next few months, the West End Development Corporation has announced.
Between now and March, the mall will open between 9am and 5pm Thursday through Sunday, but remain closed Mon...
DATE: Jan 09, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Tex Beneke, singing with the Glenn Miller orchestra, had a song about his gal in Kalamazoo — zoo — zoo. My mother and father loved Glenn Miller. When my dad was in the army during the Second World War, Glenn Miller’s orchestra was practicing on the b...
DATE: Jan 07, 2014 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Philip Brownell
Alisha Gabriel is used to working in a state-of-the-art hospital, but this March she will be trading in all her modern tools, and comforts, to spend a week helping children in disadvantaged parts of Honduras.
The Bermudian medical student will be pa...
In January of last year I laid out 13 unexpected events or surprise situations that were currently outside of the conventional consensus opinion that I felt had a reasonable chance of occurring (http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20130114/COLUMN05/7...
Two dentists have had their “extraordinary” and lengthy legal battles with the Bermuda Dental Board highlighted in an international report — and it doesn’t cast the Island in a favourable light, according to one of them.
James Fay, of Paget Dental Gr...
DATE: Jan 02, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Bermuda has won approval from UK travel blogger Will Hide, who’s vowed to return after experiencing the Island’s charms.
A correspondent for the Daily Express, The Guardian and The Times, Mr Hide visited in November — reporting on his site ‘been ther...
DATE: Jan 02, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Marsh Folly workers are faced with health and safety risks due to members of the public illegally dumping items at the facility, including dead animals.
While the March Folly facility is intended to collect residential horticultural waste- such as Ch...
DATE: Jan 02, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Local birdwatchers identified nearly 100 species — including two rarities — during this year’s Christmas Bird Count, according to Andrew Dobson, president of the Bermuda Audubon Society.
“This year’s count went very well, and we recorded an above ave...
DATE: Dec 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
