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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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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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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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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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