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"Bandmaster Horace Gibbons dies, age 91"

Former Bermuda Regiment Music Director Horace Gibbons died on Tuesday, having celebrated his 91st birthday on February 3. Captain Horace Richard Stanley Gibbons, of Wellington Slip Road, St. George’s, enjoyed a life distinguished by music, starting a...
Apr 07, 2011
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"Home-made pie vendor baulks at licence fee hike"

A woman faces shutting down her home-made lemon pie business after her licence fee soared from $15 to $100. Hazel DeCoute ran Bunny’s Baked Goods to supplement her income, baking one pie a week in her Southampton kitchen for her single regular custom...
Apr 06, 2011
Opinion Writer

"We must confront our social malaise"

As another family mourns the murder of a loved one, Bermuda mourns as well. This cycle of senseless killings leaves our country wounded, weakened and wary about the future. Wounded because these killings strike at the very essence of what Bermuda onc...
Apr 06, 2011
Editorials

"Burch will be missed"

David Burch, now the former Government Senate Leader and Minister of Public Safety, will be missed. That may seem strange coming from this newspaper, since Mr Burch has always made plain his distaste for The Royal Gazette. But even that, in its own ...
Apr 06, 2011
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"Loose with facts on the economy? I don’t think so"

In The Royal Gazette of March 30, Senator David Burt and Junior Minister of Finance said that the Opposition was loose with the facts and that I was pontificating when stating the blindingly obvious and that is the Government has done a disastrous jo...
Apr 05, 2011
Politics

"Greater protection for customers a step closer"

Consumers could soon have more protection when it comes to receiving the service they asked for, under the Consumer Protection Amendment Act 2011. The amendment act protects people who put their vehicles in for a service expecting to pay one price, ...
Apr 05, 2011
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"Don’t take foot off the brake on crime - Senator"

The community must not take its “foot off the brake” when there is a quiet period in gun crime and remain committed to finding solutions. Government Senator David Burt made the statement in the Senate today when discussing the shooting death of 22-y...
Apr 04, 2011
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"Burch resigns, Perinchief promoted"

National Security Minister David Burch has resigned, with Deputy Speaker Wayne Perinchief replacing him at a swearing-in ceremony at Government House this morning. Former Police Commissioner Jonathan Smith was sworn in to take Mr Burch's seat in the ...
Apr 04, 2011
Other

"Senior positions in the Civil Service shuffled"

Government has announced a reshuffle of senior positions within the Civil Service, with the aim to “streamline efficiency” . The changes took effect on April 1. A Cabinet Office spokeswoman said: “Oversight of the Government quangos the Bermuda Land ...
Apr 04, 2011
Politics

"Sen Dunkley ‘amazed’ at food licence fee increases"

United Bermuda Party Senator Michael Dunkley has criticised Government for hitting businesses in the pocket with an “exorbitant” food licence fee increase. Sen Dunkley told the Upper House that businesses would have no choice other than to raise pric...
Apr 02, 2011
Politics

"John Barritt calls for more active parliamentary committee system"

Opposition politician John Barritt is calling for backbench MPs to play a “much more meaningful and important role” and possibly get a pay rise for doing so. The Shadow Public Administration Reform Minister claims backbenchers such as him, who earn $...
Apr 02, 2011
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