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Direct flights between Halifax and Bermuda will stop on May 5 but should resume next year.
Air Canada spokesman Peter Fitzpatrick said yesterday that the flights should return to the schedule in February 2013.
“This route has always been seasonal, al...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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Public transportation in three major markets have been transformed into bright pink mobile billboards as part of a marketing push for Bermuda.
Between now and April, two Toronto street cars will be wearing Bermuda pink, along with a trolley in Boston...
DATE: Mar 08, 2012
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Tourism
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Southampton man narrowly escaped serious injury after his car crashed and rolled down an embankment near The Reefs hotel.
According to a Police spokeswoman, at around 1.25am yesterday the vehicle, a yellow Peugeot, went off the road to the east of ...
DATE: Mar 08, 2012
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A teenager was accosted and had is motorcycle stolen in an incident in St David’s.
According to police, the victim was stationary at the junction of Texas Road and St Luke’s Lane when he was approached by two unknown men on a motorcycle, on Tuesday.
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DATE: Mar 08, 2012
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Crime
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The winner of this year’s Top Model competition will receive two airline tickets for travel from England to Bermuda, it was announced yesterday.
The announcement came during a joint press conference held by the Department of Tourism and Daisy’s.
The ...
DATE: Mar 08, 2012
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A driver escaped with minor injuries after a car plunged over an embankment this morning.
The accident happened on South Road near The Reefs resort at around 1.25am.
The vehicle, a yellow Peugeot, went off the road to the east of the Southampton reso...
DATE: Mar 07, 2012
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Devonshire woman was hurt after her car crashed into a utility pole on Middle Road in Southampton on Sunday.
According to a police spokeswoman, at around 5.25am that day, officers responded to the reported collision near the junction with Newport G...
DATE: Mar 07, 2012
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St George has been named one of the world’s most picturesque villages in a recent article on Yahoo Travel.
The article, by Sandra Ramani, lists the East End town alongside Wengen in Switzerland, Pariangan in West Sumatra, Sidi Bou Said in Tunisia and...
DATE: Mar 07, 2012
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Sandys man who shattered a gas station door after he was refused service, was fined $500.
George Mouchette, from Rushdie Lane, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to causing wilful damage in excess of $60 in the January 24 incident.
Crown counsel ...
DATE: Mar 07, 2012
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government has tabled an amendment that would limit land tax exemptions for the Island’s seniors.
The Land Tax Amendment Bill 2012 rolls back the full land tax exemptions granted in 2005 to units occupied by seniors with Bermudian status.
Under the a...
DATE: Mar 07, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
