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Online commentators have called for the privatisation of the ferry service after yesterday’s stoppage, with many fearing loss of tourism revenue due to the unannounced downing of tools.
Privatising or outsourcing services, including public transport,...
DATE: Jun 20, 2014
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Diving legend and ocean scientist Teddy Tucker, who died on June 9 at the age of 88, has been heralded as “the voice of the Sargasso Sea” by the nature publication National Geographic.
Mr Tucker was closely associated with the National Geographic Soc...
DATE: Jun 19, 2014
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The “conscious efforts of ordinary people choosing to do extraordinary things” are being celebrated this week for the anniversary of the 1959 Theatre Boycott.
The landmark event against racial segregation in Bermuda is being marked with a “high-five”...
DATE: Jun 18, 2014
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Two men on a motorcycle opened fire on a jet ski attempting to dock last night at Darrell’s Wharf, Warwick, according to police.
A police spokesman said that officers responded to a firearms incident shortly after 8pm.
He said: “It appears that the t...
DATE: Jun 17, 2014
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The runner-up developer in the shortlist to build a new resort on the former Club Med site at the east end will be named by Government when the 120-day negotiating period draws to a close.
Tourism and Transport Minister Shawn Crockwell said the unsuc...
DATE: Jun 17, 2014
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Bermuda marked the Queen’s Birthday with pageantry and a gun salute this morning as locals and visitors flocked to Front Street for the parade.
The Bermuda Regiment, the Bermuda Regiment Band and Drum Corps, the Bermuda Police Service and Bermuda Pol...
DATE: Jun 14, 2014
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Dogs are strictly prohibited from entering the Cooper’s Island Nature Reserve, the Bermuda Audubon Society has cautioned the public.
Society head Andrew Dobson yesterday issued a “gentle reminder” that dogs, leashed or unleashed, aren’t permitted ins...
DATE: Jun 13, 2014
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Bermuda will mark 55 years since citizens banded together to overcome segregation in the Theatre Boycott of 1959.
And the anniversary will be celebrated, in part, with a “high-five” event.
“The ‘high-five’ idea of everyone high-fiving each other is a...
DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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Two Ewing Street businessmen have been left perplexed by the Corporation of Hamilton’s rationale in chopping down part of the road’s line of trees, which were removed yesterday
The road was briefly closed yesterday for three trees to get the axe.
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DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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The Island’s Filipino community will mark the Philippines’ 116th Independence Day tomorrow with a mass officiated by visiting priest Carlos Macatangga.
Father Macatangga described it as the first Filipino mass to be celebrated on the Island since the...
DATE: Jun 11, 2014
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