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A former bus driver who admitted taking cash from the vehicle’s vault has been fined $300 for the offence.
Pedro Goddard, 42, pleaded guilty last month to both stealing cash and having an object, specifically a metal bar, for the purposes of burglary...
DATE: Feb 24, 2017
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A man who failed to pay a $28 taxi fare was this morning fined $300 in Magistrates’ Court and ordered to compensate the driver.
David Robinson, 29, pleaded guilty to failing to pay a taxi operator for services provided on the evening of January 15.
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DATE: Feb 24, 2017
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The Bermuda Tourism Authority is increasing marketing in New York and Boston, promoting the island on television and in theatres for the Oscars.
According to a spokesman, the island is being highlighted in television spots on ABC stations in the area...
DATE: Feb 24, 2017
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Superyacht owners could travel straight from the airport to their boats by water during the America’s Cup, after plans were lodged for a temporary dock next to Kindley Field Road.
ACBDA has applied for planning permission for a T-shaped floating dock...
DATE: Feb 23, 2017
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A bulk carrier turned towards the island after two crew members ran into medical problems.
According to the Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre, notification was received on Tuesday that the Hong Kong registered SFL Medway was to disembark two crew me...
DATE: Feb 23, 2017
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A man found dead at a Mount View Road apartment has been named as 54-year-old Robin M Simmons.
A spokesman for the Bermuda Police Service expressed condolences to Mr Simmons’s friends and family.
“The lifeless body of Mr Simmons was discovered inside...
DATE: Feb 23, 2017
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Rosewood Tucker’s Point has won the Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star Award for the second consecutive year.
While the Forbes Travel Guide recommends several hotels on the island, the Hamilton Parish resort is the only local property to receive the four-...
DATE: Feb 23, 2017
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The Corporation of Hamilton is looking for proposals to brighten and beautify Washington Lane.
According to a recently extended request for proposal, the city is looking to “improve the general aesthetic and night-time safety” of the pedestrian pathw...
DATE: Feb 23, 2017
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The sale of some Bermuda Government properties will be debated in the House of Assembly in the present session.
According to a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Public Works, the Government is hoping to raise $10 million through the sale of public prop...
DATE: Feb 22, 2017
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A St George’s man admitted breaking into a St David’s business and taking cash and gift certificates.
Kyajee Wilson, 20, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to entering Amber Fisheries as a trespasser, stealing $450 worth of items and damaging the b...
DATE: Feb 22, 2017
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