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The latest tourism figures show visitors staying longer during a traditionally quiet time for arrivals — and airline capacity has also grown, according to the Bermuda Tourism Authority.
The BTA yesterday published its performance statistics for the I...
DATE: Apr 25, 2014
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Union bosses have declared they aren’t at liberty to comment on the decisions taken at yesterday’s meeting of transport workers — but bus and ferry services were back up and running in the aftermath.
Bermuda Industrial Union members convened from 10....
DATE: Apr 25, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The anti-gang group CARTEL has suffered a defeat in the Supreme Court after its lease of White’s Island was declared void.
Chief Justice Ian Kawaley ruled that the lease, which had been intended to cover a period of 21 years less one day, hadn’t rece...
DATE: Apr 24, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Ministry of Health and Environment has instituted a raft of prevention measures in the wake of bad press over the Island’s sewage dumping at sea.
The discharge from the Seabright outfall on South Shore caused the US Consul to warn bathers to chec...
DATE: Apr 24, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 29-year-old man was shot dead in Southampton last night.
He has been identified by Police as Erin Lee Richardson, who lived with family members in Riviera Crescent, Southampton.
According to Detective Chief Inspector Nicholas Pedro, the shooting t...
DATE: Apr 24, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A courtroom sketch has resurfaced from a high-profile and controversial 1986 Bermuda case in which Israeli arms dealers suspected of trading with Iran drew world headlines with their deportation from the Island.
The sketch has joined 30 years’ worth ...
DATE: Apr 23, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Island may need warning flags to alert beachgoers of hazardous sewage waste, the environmental group Greenrock has suggested.
The organisation also branded media coverage of the dumping of raw sewage within sight of the Island’s shores “painful a...
DATE: Apr 23, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man accused of handling and firing a gun has been acquitted after a key witness at his trial told the court she’d lied to police about the incident.
Zikai Cann, 24, of Seawall Drive, Sandys denied possessing and discharging a firearm on a date betw...
DATE: Apr 22, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A newlywed mother-of-two has spoken of her uncertainty for her family’s future after being struck with a rare and unpredictable cancer.
And she has expressed gratitude to the people who have stepped forward and offered support to herself and her fami...
DATE: Apr 21, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda is now getting its first ever on-Island autism assessment, with a new clinical team offering free diagnosis for the disorder — something which previously entailed a costly trip overseas.
And a National Autism Clinic is the eventual goal of th...
DATE: Apr 21, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
