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An island vacations rental website is to collect a new tax on Airbnb-style holidays.
BermudaRentals.com will collect the 4.5 per cent visitor fee direct from bookers “to maximise convenience for both visitors and property owners”.
The website, which ...
DATE: Oct 29, 2018
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Tourism
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News Staff
The Bermuda Police Service has joined forces with two businesses and high school pupils to highlight the fight against cancer.
Police teamed up with Noble Automotive Ltd, Autobahn Accessories and CedarBridge Academy to create a “tribute vehicle”.
T...
DATE: Oct 29, 2018
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News Staff
A police car was involved in a weekend collision with a bike.
Police said the crash happened near the Southampton Rangers Sports Club as the club closed for the night.
The rider of the bike, believed to be a 25-year-old man from Hamilton Parish, was ...
DATE: Oct 29, 2018
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A 16-year-old girl charged with the murder of Lyrico Steede in an English city was interviewed by police as a possible witness before she was arrested for the killing, a court has heard.
Nottingham Crown Court was told the girl had arranged to meet M...
DATE: Oct 27, 2018
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A sub-tropical storm in the Atlantic was tonight upgraded to a storm.
But Tropical Storm Oscar, earlier said to be a potential threat to Bermuda, had altered track and was no longer viewed as a danger.
TS Oscar was said to be about 927 miles east sou...
DATE: Oct 27, 2018
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News Staff
A new online Citizens’ Forum was launched yesterday.
The government platform was set up to canvass public views on its proposed policies,
Lovitta Foggo, government reform minister, said: “One of the fundamental aims of this government is to ensure th...
DATE: Oct 26, 2018
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Other
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News Staff
A community constable in the west of the island is to hold a clinic at the weekend.
PC Valerius Jean Louis, a member of the Sandys Community Action Team, will set up shop in the car park at the Somerset branch of supermarket MarketPlace.
The clinic w...
DATE: Oct 25, 2018
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Other
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News Staff
A warning about the risk of drugs in Halloween treats was issued today by the Government.
A spokeswoman for the Department of National Drug Control said parents should be wary of unwrapped sweets which may have had marijuana added.
She added: “Mariju...
DATE: Oct 25, 2018
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Other
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News Staff
The teenagers accused of the murder of Bermudian student Lyrico Steede met in a car after he was stabbed in a park, a court heard yesterday.
Nottingham Crown Court heard that as Mr Steede was dying of his wounds in hospital, the group alleged to be r...
DATE: Oct 23, 2018
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Court
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News Staff
The radiation therapy centre at the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre has been given a $20,000 donation in memory of one of its former supporters.
Husband and wife Mitch and Carol Blaser donated the cash in memory of Mike Barnfield, an insurance execu...
DATE: Oct 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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News Staff