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Three-wheeled and four-wheeled vehicles for guided tours have been given the green light by MPs.
The House of Assembly backed the Motor Car (Liveries) Amendment Act, designed to increase the types of vehicles allowed for tours.
Lawrence Scott, the tr...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bus services were yesterday cancelled after drivers took industrial action over Covid-19 fears.
A transport ministry spokeswoman said the staff had “raised concerns regarding health and safety in the workplace”.
The news came after Derrick Binns, the...
DATE: Sep 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A section of Canal Road in Pembroke has been closed this morning after part of a wall collapsed.
A police spokeswoman warned that the hazard was dangerous for both motorists and pedestrians
The spokeswoman said: “The one-way portion of Canal Road ha...
DATE: Aug 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The bus strike was last night sent to arbitration after supervisors refused to agree to a solution hammered out between the Government and the Bermuda Industrial Union.
Drivers, represented by the Bermuda Industrial Union, were back at work today af...
DATE: Aug 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Older people will suffer most from a drawn-out bus strike, a charity leader warned yesterday.
Claudette Fleming, the executive director of Age Concern, said seniors depended more on public transport than other age groups and no bus service made thei...
DATE: Aug 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A strike by bus service staff will continue today, the Government confirmed last night.
Lawrence Scott, the transport minister, said that Department of Public Transportation managers had met Bermuda Industrial Union officials yesterday but had been u...
DATE: Aug 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Buses will be off the roads today after a dispute between drivers and the Department of Public Transportation failed to be resolved over the weekend.
Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, confirmed last night that strike actio...
DATE: Aug 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The hard-hit taxi industry should get a tax concession from the Government, a former senator has said.
Dwayne Robinson, an ex-OBA member of the Upper House, said the $1,000 payroll tax that drivers have to pay was “a nail in the coffin” that had hamp...
DATE: Aug 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A memorial service to those lost at sea was held in St. George’s yesterday.
The annual memorial service for the Guild of the Holy Compassion took place at the seamen’s plot in St. George’s Cemetery.
Henry Hayward, president of the guild, led the ope...
DATE: Jul 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A 23-year-old man has died after a collision on Knapton Hill yesterday morning in what police are describing as “a fatal hit-and-run”.
The crash happened near Knapton Estate Road, Smith’s, at about 10am when the victim’s motorcycle was in collision w...
DATE: Jun 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan