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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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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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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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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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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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