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The recently launched Spirit of Discovery cruise ship rang in the new year in Dockyard on its first visit to Bermuda.
The ship, operated by Saga Cruises, arrived last Tuesday morning from New York with 506 crew members and 873 passengers for a one-ni...
DATE: Jan 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A new booklet designed to highlight local food and produce has hit the market.
The Bermuda Food Harvest Almanac, developed by the Bermuda Tourism Authority with the help of farmers, fishermen and beekeepers, details when the best fish, fruit and vege...
DATE: Jan 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The former owners of land earmarked for a quarry said they had not expected the site to be worked when they sold it.
Katherina Harlow, whose family sold the land at Judkin Lane, Hamilton Parish, in January 2019, said they had expected a house to be b...
DATE: Jan 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A health business won the top prize in a Christmas window display competition — even though it does not have a store.
Wild Herbs and Plants of Bermuda, based in the East End but without a physical location, was loaned a window by the Bermuda Economic...
DATE: Jan 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Visitors to vacation rental properties plunged by 3,000 in a nine-month period in 2019.
Mike Cranfield, of Cranfield’s Property Group, said the decline coincided with the introduction of a 4.5 per cent tax on vacation rental bookings through services...
DATE: Jan 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Ewart Brown has launched a fresh legal action against the Attorney-General.
A writ filed in the Supreme Court on December 23 by Forensica Legal lists the former premier, Bermuda Healthcare Services and the Brown-Darrell Clinic as complainants and the...
DATE: Jan 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The City of Hamilton will begin to pick up Christmas trees next week.
A spokeswoman for the city said collection will take place every Tuesday and Thursday for the rest of January.
The spokeswoman said: “Trees should be placed on the sidewalk between...
DATE: Jan 04, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Corporation of Hamilton has launched a $200,000-plus legal action against the owner of the temporary home of Parliament.
A writ of summons, filed by the municipality on November 12, asked the Supreme Court to order the owner of Veritas Place on C...
DATE: Jan 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Repairs to a Sandys bridge will reduce traffic flow to one lane for more than a month.
A notice published in the Official Gazette on December 31 warned that Watford Bridge will have a single lane from January 27 to March 8 because of maintenance work...
DATE: Jan 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Devonshire man was charged in Magistrates’ Court this morning with having heroin with intent to supply.
Winston Paynter, 39, was not required to enter a plea as the matter must be heard by the Supreme Court.
The offence allegedly took place between...
DATE: Jan 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes