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A helium balloon targeted at tourists has been cleared for take-off.
Planning officials have approved View Bermuda Ltd’s project to install a tethered balloon in Southampton, which will take visitors hundreds of feet into the air for a bird’s-eye vie...
DATE: Feb 12, 2018
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More than 3,000 people have used the EasyPark Mobile App for parking, according to the company.
Danny Faria, EasyPark general manager, said more than 1,000 new customers have adopted the service since the start of last year.
He said: “Our mobile subs...
DATE: Feb 12, 2018
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Record-breaking commercial fisherman David Soares is celebrating another big catch after landing a 471lb tuna.
Mr Soares was fishing alone near Challenger Banks at about 10am on Friday when he hooked the massive bluefin tuna.
He said: “I knew it was ...
DATE: Feb 05, 2018
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Bermudian Marvin Ford has joined the touring cast of a musical written by rock star Sting.
Mr Ford said he was surprised to have landed his first professional role in The Last Ship.
He said: “My first thought was that they were joking. I was shocked....
DATE: Feb 03, 2018
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A dangerous driver caught on camera is to be brought to book, police promised yesterday.
Footage turned over to police showed a white Mazda pulling out from Southcote Road in Paget on to South Road without stopping, despite morning traffic.
The car w...
DATE: Feb 01, 2018
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The Premier launched a new campaign yesterday to combat money laundering.
Mr Burt, also the Minister of Finance, said the campaign would recruit the entire island in a bid to fight financial crime.
The campaign, called “Just Good Business”, will high...
DATE: Feb 01, 2018
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Arijahknow Live Wires took to the steps of City Hall this week as part of a new project to promote peace in Bermuda.
Campaigner Cleveland Simmons said the show was part of the Caravan programme, which is intended to help bring people together.
“The C...
DATE: Feb 01, 2018
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Bermudian actor Jordan Claire Robbins is set to bewitch audiences this week on TV show Supernatural.
Ms Robbins will guest star as a witch on Thursday’s episode of the hit US production.
She said yesterday: “When I was offered the opportunity to come...
DATE: Jan 30, 2018
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Belco has sent a third group of linemen to the British Virgin Islands to help bring power back to the hurricane-battered country.
The latest five-man squad from Belco travelled to Tortola in the island group last week after the islands’ power authori...
DATE: Jan 29, 2018
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The Government intends to reduce the cost of legal aid this year by hiring two additional lawyers, according to the Attorney-General.
Senator Kathy Lynn Simmons said the fixed salaries of the new counsel would contain costs while creating two new job...
DATE: Jan 29, 2018
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