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Bermuda has much to gain if the Government can secure an air service out of Heathrow airport, said Tourism Development and Transport Minister Shawn Crockwell, who attends a major airline conference next month in South Africa.
“I have been assured tha...
DATE: Aug 18, 2015
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Island’s new tourism offerings reflect the “fresh approach” brought by the Bermuda Tourism Authority, according to the group’s 2014 annual report — which remains insistent on the imperative of boosting stagnant air arrivals.
The BTA’s new marketi...
DATE: Aug 18, 2015
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
News that the Bermuda Government would foot the bill for a defamation action taken by Bob Richards has been greeted with raised eyebrows by Progressive Labour Party MP Derrick Burgess.
Mr Richards, the Minister of Finance, told Parliament yesterday t...
DATE: Aug 17, 2015
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s upcoming tobacco restrictions are draconian and possibly the strictest in the world, according to a tobacconist who will have to take 161 products off his shelves.
“There is not another country in the world that is banning so many products,...
DATE: Aug 15, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A taxi driver known as “Night Rider” for his late-night service has defended his reputation against the charge that he was abusive to two female passengers.
The driver said that their complaints about the night of August 1 amounted to character assas...
DATE: Aug 14, 2015
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Jonathan Bell
The descendants of the American revolutionaries who won their country’s freedom from the British want to pay Bermuda back for the gunpowder stolen in 1775.
More than $4,000 has been raised for the Island’s charities by a team of delegates coming to B...
DATE: Aug 12, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Cigar sales will continue unimpeded in public under new legislation, which bans only the giving away of promotional items.
Jeanne Atherden, the Health Minister, also stood by the move to ban sweetly-flavoured tobacco products, which she said had been...
DATE: Aug 12, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A hail of limestone chunks has collapsed from the walls of Black Watch Pass onto the pavement.
“If it would have hit somebody they would have been killed, I am sure,” area resident Gene Ray told The Royal Gazette. “A lot of it piled up there with som...
DATE: Aug 12, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A two-day family festival filled with entertainment and activities is set for this weekend in Dockyard.
In collaboration with Wedco and the Chewstick Foundation, the group known as the Committee of Five has banded together to bring a series of events...
DATE: Aug 11, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Gabriel de Oliveira, the 62-year-old man whose life was claimed in an industrial accident at the Pink Beach Hotel site, has been remembered as a hard-working family man who will be deeply missed.
“He loved his cars and motorcycles and worked hard in ...
DATE: Aug 10, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell