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Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, this afternoon commended AIG for their annual Wellbeing Fair.
The fair, hosted by the American International Company, was open to the building’s tenants and 340 workers.
Ms Wilson praised the company for the fair, ...
DATE: May 11, 2018
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“Sugar tax” legislation has been tabled in the House of Assembly.
The Customs Tariff Amendment (No. 2) Bill includes several changes to import duty rates relating to sugar and sugar products.
A Government spokesman said: “This follows the Sugar Tax C...
DATE: May 11, 2018
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A top official at the Corporation of Hamilton was suspended on full pay yesterday after it was revealed that he is to appear in court in connection with the failed Par-la-Ville Hotel deal.
Charles Gosling, the Mayor of Hamilton, confirmed yesterday ...
DATE: May 10, 2018
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An autopsy has confirmed that Lois Simmons was killed in a car crash, according to police.
Ms Simmons, 84, died as a result of injuries suffered when the car she was driving struck a tree near Barnes Corner, Southampton at 4.30pm on Friday.
A police ...
DATE: May 10, 2018
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A 21-year-old man was charged this morning with the premeditated murder of Morlan Steede.
Kiari Tucker, of Warwick, was further charged with using a firearm to commit an indictable offence.
Mr Steede was fatally shot in the Two-Way Deepdale area of P...
DATE: May 10, 2018
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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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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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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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