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A ferry brought to Bermuda to transport cruise ship passengers has been out of action for more than month after it hit a reef, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
But the owners of the Spirit of St George’s said the ferry was scheduled to be back in operat...
DATE: Aug 26, 2019
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The Bank of Jamaica has warned its customers that it will no longer exchange Bermuda dollars from today.
A statement from the country’s central bank, released last Friday, said it would stop exchanging Bermuda bills at its counters because it has bee...
DATE: Aug 26, 2019
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A Bermudian company is on the hunt for businesses to sponsor the battle against invasive lionfish.
Atlantic Lionshare spent five years developing a remote-controlled mini-submarine to hunt lionfish in deep water, which is now being tested in Florida....
DATE: Aug 24, 2019
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A repeat drink-driver who is a danger to the public was jailed for a year after he refused to take part in the DUI Court programme.
Franklyn Pearman, 40, was also banned from the roads for five years after he appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday....
DATE: Aug 23, 2019
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Court
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The trial of a man charged with burglary and sexual assault began in Supreme Court yesterday.
The defendant, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, denied allegations that he broke into a house in Devonshire on November 24 last year with the int...
DATE: Aug 22, 2019
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A Hamilton Parish man admitted a knifepoint robbery of a convenience store in court yesterday.
Kevin Robinson, 59, pleaded guilty in Supreme Court to charges of robbery and possession of a three-inch pocket knife.
The court heard Robinson entered Bel...
DATE: Aug 22, 2019
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Court
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A proposed walk-in medical clinic in Hamilton has been refused planning permission by the Development Applications Board.
However, Marico Thomas, chief executive officer of Bermuda Medical Specialties Group, said yesterday that the plans for the Heal...
DATE: Aug 22, 2019
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Rainbows have appeared over Hamilton in the run-up to Bermuda’s first gay Pride parade.
Front Street fixtures including Butterfield Bank and Flanagan’s Irish Pub have used rainbow colours to mark the parade, which takes place on August 31.
Chris Garl...
DATE: Aug 22, 2019
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Police are to launch a fresh blitz on drink-drivers with a series of roadside breath-test checkpoints at the end of the month.
A notice published in the Official Gazette yesterday said checkpoints would be set up between Friday, August 30 and Monday,...
DATE: Aug 22, 2019
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Visitors to Harbour Nights will be able to enjoy beer and wine on the Pier 6 lawn today.
The Bermuda Chamber of Commerce announced that an “outdoor beer and wine experience” will be introduced to the event series with the assistance of the Island Re...
DATE: Aug 21, 2019
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