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Embattled taxi drivers are urging Government to partner with their industry and help pull their business back from the brink.
Bermuda Taxi Operators Association (BTOA) president Derek Young said the group’s 75-strong members were keen to see action f...
DATE: May 23, 2013
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Jonathan Bell
A 51-year-old has denied stealing nearly $1,400 worth of food and drink from the Fairmont Southampton Hotel.
Randolph Davis, of Sandys, was charged in Magistrates’ Court with the April 6 offence.
The Field View Lane resident pleaded not guilty to ste...
DATE: May 22, 2013
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Court
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Jonathan Bell
Kentucky Fried Chicken Bermuda and its operating subsidiary KFC Operations Limited were accused of taking “the low road” in the ongoing dispute with the Bermuda Industrial Union.
BIU head Chris Furbert said unionised workers at KFCB were in some case...
DATE: May 22, 2013
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Budget
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Jonathan Bell
A 27-year-old was today jailed for a year-and-a-half following a “violent, drunken assault” on a woman.
It was the second time in a week Jamal Bascome appeared in Magistrates’ Court for assaulting Merviena Simons.
He was sentenced to 18 months in jai...
DATE: May 21, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda and other British territories have come under pressure from UK Prime Minister David Cameron to “take the lead” on tax information exchange and beneficial ownership.
Mr Cameron wrote yesterday to the Island, along with the rest of Britain’s Ov...
DATE: May 21, 2013
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Jonathan Bell
The City of Hamilton could be run as a “quasi-government organisation”, with business owners voting as well as residents.
But alterations to the voting scheme, if approved by Parliament, aren’t expected before the next municipal elections in 2015.
Ho...
DATE: May 20, 2013
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Jonathan Bell
The charter ferry Millennium is already on the Island, and should be deployed this week, according to Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell.
“The Millennium has come in, and needs a period of time to get things ready, and will be in service next week,” Mr...
DATE: May 20, 2013
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Jonathan Bell
An unpopular plan to raise a tax on awnings and signs that jut over City of Hamilton sidewalks has been scrapped, Hamilton Mayor Graeme Outerbridge said.
The City last year proposed to tax the structures at $75 each — causing some store owners to wal...
DATE: May 20, 2013
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Jonathan Bell
Young mechanics have teamed up to bring something different to this year’s May 24 parade: a float that generates its own power.
The group have been working in the yard of older relative Abdullah Furqan.
“I like doing creative things,” said 10-year-ol...
DATE: May 20, 2013
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Jonathan Bell
Congratulations poured in after footballer Nahki Wells scored a first for Bermuda with a Wembley goal that helped propel Bradford City into England’s League One.
“Well done, Nahki — you make us all proud to be Bermudian,” Premier Craig Cannonier decl...
DATE: May 20, 2013
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