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On the eve of a union meeting this morning to discuss the future of furlough days, the Bermuda Government has said that further savings are needed to meet its debt reduction plan.
In a statement released yesterday afternoon, the Bermuda Government sa...
DATE: Jan 26, 2015
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Bermuda is set to be highlighted on the cover of the February issue of international travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler.
The issue — known as the Romance Issue — is expected to land on North American newsstands in the next few days and could reach a...
DATE: Jan 25, 2015
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man fired for repeated lateness has won a wrongful dismissal suit, but the Supreme Court rejected allegations that he was discriminated against for being Bermudian.
Curtis Richardson launched legal action against Air Care Limited last year for both...
DATE: Jan 23, 2015
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The developer of a proposed hotel and the Corporation of Hamilton are facing legal action over an $18 million loan.
According to two writs filed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, Mexico Infrastructure Finance LLC is suing Par-la-Ville Hotel and Reside...
DATE: Jan 22, 2015
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Police invited the media to join them yesterday morning as they work to crack down on traffic offences.
At about 7.20am, officers from the Roads Policing Unit set up a speed trap on Canal Road in Pembroke below the overpass. Within five minutes, the ...
DATE: Jan 22, 2015
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The Bermuda Tourism Authority has hailed the Bermuda Tourism Summit as a success, announcing that presentations made during the summit will be online next week.
In a statement this afternoon, BTA director of public and stakeholder relations Glenn Jon...
DATE: Jan 22, 2015
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Tourism
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The remains of a peregrine falcon have been found in Paget after possibly being struck by a car.
Luke Fountain said he discovered the body of the bird of prey on top of a dead chicken near Coral Beach last Friday.
“It was evident that the hawk had be...
DATE: Jan 20, 2015
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Two men jailed for a foiled plot to import more than $700,000 of heroin have lost an appeal against their convictions.
Lorenzo Lottimore, 34, and Craig Hatherley, 29, were found guilty in 2012 of conspiring with others to import almost 400 grams of d...
DATE: Jan 20, 2015
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Warwick teen was released on bail this morning after he admitted taking a motorcycle.
Jervon Taylor, 19, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to a charge of taking a black Honda Scoopy without the owner’s consent sometime between October 4 and Nove...
DATE: Jan 20, 2015
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two men caught drinking and driving over the weekend have been banned from the roads.
Courey Evans, 42, of Pembroke, pleaded guilty to driving over the legal blood-alcohol limit, speeding and riding without a valid driver’s licence during an incident...
DATE: Jan 20, 2015
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