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St George’s MP Kenneth Bascome has reiterated his support for the proposed St Regis hotel in St George’s, calling on the public to embrace the initiative.
And while the redevelopment of the St George’s golf course may not be a part of the project’s f...
DATE: Aug 13, 2016
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The Bermuda Government and the Bermuda Tourism Authority have lamented the suspension of the United Airlines service to Newark this autumn.
While the airline cut winter service to the city in 2014, it last year elected to offer three weekly flights t...
DATE: Aug 13, 2016
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A taxi driver who struck a motorcyclist while driving, in a collision in Hamilton, has lost an appeal against a driving ban.
Terry Darrell Flood pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court in May to a charge of causing grievous bodily harm to Rozetta August...
DATE: Aug 12, 2016
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St George’s MP Kenneth Bascome has called for a push towards “nostalgia tourism” targeting potential visitors who served on the island’s former base lands.
“This week alone I have encountered numerous people who were stationed on the base here with t...
DATE: Aug 12, 2016
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Britain was recently targeted in an advertising campaign aimed at promoting the island before the 2017 America’s Cup.
Several major cities including London, Liverpool, Leeds, Edinburgh and Birmingham were given a glimpse of Bermuda’s blue waters with...
DATE: Aug 12, 2016
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Plans for the proposed St Regis Hotel in St George’s have been made available online at the Department of Planning website.
The plans, submitted to the department on August 1, detail the 122-key hotel which will overlook Gates Bay, along with propose...
DATE: Aug 11, 2016
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Bermuda is set to be the hub of a new international research project intended to justify the protection of marine environments worldwide.
The project, called Ocean Tech, is set to launch next spring taking advantage of the Woods Hole Oceanographic In...
DATE: Aug 09, 2016
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A newly released United Nations-funded report has looked into the possibility of naming high seas locations — including the Sargasso Sea — as new World Heritage sites.
The report, titled World Heritage in the High Seas: An Idea Whose Time has Come, ...
DATE: Aug 08, 2016
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A businessman has been ordered to repay a former employee for the cost of health insurance deductions that were not put towards health insurance.
Brandon Thompson had launched a legal suit against Harold Darrell seeking $10,321, the bulk of which rep...
DATE: Aug 05, 2016
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An endangered turtle rescued by fisherman off North Shore with a rusting hook caught in its trachea has left the island’s waters and is now swimming towards the Bahamas.
The loggerhead turtle, named Daisy, was first brought to the Bermuda Aquarium Mu...
DATE: Aug 04, 2016
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