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Tourist air arrivals rose for the ninth consecutive quarter, the Bermuda Tourism Authority revealed yesterday.
Rough weather at sea created a near 50 per cent fall in cruise ship arrivals in the first three months of the year.
Kevin Dallas, BTA CEO, ...
DATE: May 09, 2018
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Bermuda’s income inequality is “appalling”, but has not got worse in recent years, economist Robert Stubbs said yesterday.
Mr Stubbs, a former head of research at the Bank of Bermuda, added: “I’m not making any excuses here for Bermuda’s status quo.
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DATE: May 09, 2018
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A 28-year-old man was charged with threatening the Premier and making demands for money yesterday.
It was alleged in Magistrates’ Court that Jared Gordon sent David Burt a series of messages between October 2 last year and March 28 to demand unwarran...
DATE: May 09, 2018
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The lack of a major event like 2017’s America’s Cup will affect tourism figures in the next quarter. Kevin Dallas, chief executive of the Bermuda Tourism Authority, said the tourism boost created by the event will be hard to replicate, but the indust...
DATE: May 09, 2018
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Tourism
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The author of a book on the 1970s assassinations that rocked Bermuda has made a return to the island to sign copies of his work.
Mel Ayton wrote Justice Denied on the murders of Governor Richard Sharples and Commissioner of Police George Duckett, for...
DATE: May 08, 2018
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The principal of Dellwood Middle School has returned to work after a period of administrative leave.
Tina Duke was placed on leave on March 2 while the Department of Child and Family Services carried out an investigation into unspecified allegations ...
DATE: May 08, 2018
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The growing economic divide has put a growing number of black families at risk of poverty, according to Lynne Winfield.
Ms Winfield, president of Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda, said the latest Census results highlight the cause of many of Berm...
DATE: May 08, 2018
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A British town crier who helped to create a link-up between St George and Lyme Regis has died at the age of 78.
Richard Fox, a world champion town crier from the British coastal resort, promoted the historical connection between the two towns for yea...
DATE: May 07, 2018
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Obituaries
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A marine sustainability conference is to be held in Bermuda later this month, with the help of environmental group Plastic Tides.
The Project Blue conference is set to bring activists, athletes and ocean sustainability experts to the island late next...
DATE: May 07, 2018
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One in five children under the age of six months was not vaccinated last year, the Department of Health has revealed.
The news sparked concern among children’s health experts.
Richard Fulton, a paediatrician, said the drop should be a concern for the...
DATE: May 07, 2018
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