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Tourism figures were up 7.9 per cent in August, according to statistics released this afternoon by the Ministry of Tourism and Transport.
A statement by the ministry said that 94,555 people visited Bermuda for leisure this August, compared to 87,646 ...
DATE: Sep 30, 2016
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Mexico Infrastructure Finance maintained that an $18 million guarantee issued by the Corporation of Hamilton for a hotel project was valid, during a Supreme Court hearing.
The municipality claimed during a hearing on Monday that it was not empowered ...
DATE: Sep 29, 2016
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Tourism figures were up 7.9 per cent in August, according to statistics released yesterday by the Ministry of Tourism and Transport.
Some 94,555 people visited Bermuda for leisure this August, compared to 87,646 last August and 80,267 in August 2014 ...
DATE: Sep 29, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Even after his passing, Johnny Barnes’s message of love and happiness is still being felt, according to film-maker Rosanne Ma.
Mrs Ma, whose short documentary about Mr Barnes, Welcoming Arms, has screened at several international film festivals, said...
DATE: Sep 29, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Hamilton restaurant has been targeted by an armed robber for the second time this year.
According to police, officers responded to a report of a robbery at Pasta Basta on Elliott Street at about 9.45pm on Tuesday.
“It appears that an unknown male b...
DATE: Sep 29, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Ground was officially broken this afternoon on the Azura Boutique Hotel and Residences at the former site of the Surf Side Beach Club.
Addressing the media and invited guests, John Bush, of the Clearwater Development Group, said he believed the proje...
DATE: Sep 29, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A taste of Germany is set to return to Dockyard this week as the Frog and Onion Restaurant celebrates Oktoberfest.
Philip Barnett, of the Island Restaurant Group, said that in the past three years, the event — inspired by the largest German volksfest...
DATE: Sep 28, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Corporation of Hamilton yesterday argued that its $18 million guarantee of the Par-la-Ville Hotel project was not valid, during a hearing in the Supreme Court.
At the in-chambers hearing before Puisne Judge Stephen Hellman, the municipality claim...
DATE: Sep 28, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on Women’s Issues and Unemployment will host the next in its series of public meetings on Wednesday.
The meeting, to be held at 5pm in the Dr Gordon Memorial Hall in the Bermuda Industrial Union building, will...
DATE: Sep 27, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An armed robber aimed a gun at the chef of a Hamilton restaurant on Sunday night, demanding cash, according to the owner.
While the culprit escaped, fleeing Wok Express with a quantity of cash, no one was injured in the incident.
Owner Gilles Callier...
DATE: Sep 27, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes