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People involved in a fight that forced the temporary closure of Docksider Pub & Restaurant will be banned from the bar, according to owner Reed Young.
Mr Young said yesterday: “I think most understand the incident that caused the closure was isolated...
DATE: Jan 28, 2019
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The Royal Bermuda Regiment bid farewell to Corporal Ricardo Gibbs on Saturday with a military ceremony at the New Testament Church of God in Hamilton.
Mr Gibbs, who served with the RBR for more than 20 years, died in a bike crash on Harbour Road on J...
DATE: Jan 28, 2019
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Reginald “Sonny” Furbert, a well-known homeless man who called Hamilton home, has died at the age of 67.
Mr Furbert was often seen with a book or a newspaper and was immortalised in a painting by local artist Vernon Clarke.
In 2005, Mr Clarke said: “...
DATE: Jan 28, 2019
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A public meeting of the Emergency Measures Organisation to discuss an emergency evacuation plan for Ferry Reach was called a success by organisers.
The meeting, at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Science’s Hanson Hall, was intended to discuss what wou...
DATE: Jan 27, 2019
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A company that lost millions in the failed Par-la-Ville hotel project has urged businesses to avoid the island in a message to the United States Consulate for Bermuda.
A spokesman for Mexico Infrastructure Finance Ltd wrote to Constance Dierman, the ...
DATE: Jan 24, 2019
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Criminal charges were dismissed yesterday against former Mayor of Hamilton Graeme Outerbridge, city secretary Ed Benevides, developer Michael MacLean and his wife, Yasmin MacLean.
The four had been charged with offences related to a failed hotel deve...
DATE: Jan 24, 2019
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The historic Perot Post Office on Hamilton’s Queen Street reopened yesterday after a major refurbishment.
Walton Brown, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, said the renovated post office will now be the home of the Bermuda Philatelic Bureau, which u...
DATE: Jan 23, 2019
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A man caught riding a motorcycle with three passengers, including two children, was fined $2,500 and banned from the roads for a year yesterday.
Keevon Smith was pulled over by police with another man and the man’s two children also on the bike.
Seni...
DATE: Jan 23, 2019
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Airbnb hosts each made about $18,800 each last year, figures released by the vacation rental website have revealed.
The company announced that 23,700 people booked vacation rentals in Bermuda through the online service in 2018.
A spokesman added the ...
DATE: Jan 23, 2019
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A Dutch merchant vessel has turned towards Bermuda after a crewman began to suffer respiratory issues.
The MV Rolldock Sea contacted the Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre minutes after 10pm last night to say it was steering towards the island becaus...
DATE: Jan 22, 2019
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