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A Pembroke man has been banned from driving after being caught riding while impaired.
Davon Gibbs, 24, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to driving while impaired by alcohol in an incident on January 27.
The court heard that at around 10.35pm that...
DATE: Feb 22, 2017
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Tourism Authority took home four trophies this week for its campaign to promote the island internationally.
At the Adrian Awards in New York, organised by the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International, the BTA won prizes i...
DATE: Feb 22, 2017
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Bermudian-registered mega yacht estimated to have cost €400 million (about $422 million) has been impounded in Gibraltar over allegations of unpaid fees.
According to the BBC Sailing Yacht A, owned by Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko, is bein...
DATE: Feb 21, 2017
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Victoria Isley, chief sales and marketing officer at the Bermuda Tourism Authority, has been named one of the top minds in the global destination marketing business by an international body.
Ms Isley has been included in a list of the “Top 25 Extraor...
DATE: Feb 21, 2017
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Tourism
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Chickenpox has been reported spreading around the island, according to the Ministry of Health.
In a statement yesterday, a spokeswoman for the Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit confirmed that there had been an increase in reports of varicella — comm...
DATE: Feb 21, 2017
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Health
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Students at Harrington Sound Primary School were recently given a hands-on marine research experience with the help of the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences.
A group of 39 P6 pupils at the school spent three days and two nights at BIOS, taking part...
DATE: Feb 21, 2017
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Umar Durrant knew he wanted to volunteer to serve in the Royal Bermuda Regiment. But he did not know that his eagerness to learn and train would win the award for best recruit at this year’s two-week training camp.
“It felt good,” the 22-year-old tol...
DATE: Feb 20, 2017
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
More than 100 retired Belco workers have won a legal action against their former employer over an attempt to change their health insurance.
While the company sought to move retired staff from its Lighthouse Plan to alternate schemes in early 2015, Pu...
DATE: Feb 18, 2017
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The Loren at Pink Beach opened its doors to its first paying guests on Thursday.
While some work on the 45-suite boutique hotel is continuing, a range of amenities including a spa and two restaurants are expected to come online soon.
Kinga Engelbrech...
DATE: Feb 18, 2017
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Mia Rose Barker turned ten this month, but it is the animals at the Bermuda Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals who will receive the gifts.
This year, Mia decided that rather than receiving presents she would raise money for the charity....
DATE: Feb 18, 2017
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