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Bus operators have agreed in principle to a new work schedule during a three-hour meeting at the Bermuda Industrial Union (BIU) headquarters.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Transport said yesterday afternoon that they are still waiting for formal no...
DATE: May 30, 2012
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Former Housing Minister Quinton Edness fully supports plans to replace Victoria and Albert Rows.
But while he praised Wedco Chairman Walter Lister for his work for the people in the 140-year-old units, he described the Grand Atlantic housing project ...
DATE: May 29, 2012
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Bermuda will this week begin a three-day series of events for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, celebrating her 60-year reign.
Events are scheduled to begin on Saturday at noon, with the ferry JL Cecil Smith, the vessel Her Majesty used while visiting Ber...
DATE: May 28, 2012
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A tourist who pulled two fighting longtails from the water may have saved the birds’ lives, according to experts.
Visitor Joy Hunter told The Royal Gazette she noticed a pair of White-tailed Tropicbirds fighting in the water near Horseshoe Bay.
She w...
DATE: May 28, 2012
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The Chewstick Foundation has applied for a liquor licence for its Elliot Street Lounge.
Chewstick Founder Gavin Smith said the idea is to not only allow them to sell drinks during shows, but to help them raise funds for their work in the community.
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DATE: May 26, 2012
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A Bermudian traveller became involved in an international incident in Miami yesterday when he helped detain a “disoriented” man.
Malik Cann was one of 120 passengers on board American Airlines flight 320 from Montego Bay, Jamaica, when just after lan...
DATE: May 26, 2012
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Bus service across the Island will halt for two hours on Tuesday morning as drivers meet to ratify their new schedule.
Speaking at a press conference yesterday, Transportation Minister Derrick Burgess said that bus service will stop between 10.30am a...
DATE: May 23, 2012
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Bermuda is mourning the loss of two war veterans Calvin Ming Sr and George Mackenzie Fisher.
Both men served in the Second World War.
Mr Ming served in the Caribbean Regiment’s Bermuda Contingent. Mr Fisher, 92, served in the Border Regiment, a glid...
DATE: May 22, 2012
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Plans to add a second screen to Hamilton’s Speciality Cinema and Grill have been approved by the Planning Department.
The application proposes to turn the former home of Mailboxes Unlimited on Church Street into a 55-seat cinema.
The cinema would hav...
DATE: May 21, 2012
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A crash between a rental cycle and a bus left two tourists injured this week.
Police and first responders attended a reported collision in Sandys around 10.45am on Wednesday, according to a police spokeswoman.
“It appears that the vehicles were trave...
DATE: May 18, 2012
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