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Senators yesterday rubber-stamped a controversial bill giving taxi drivers a 20 percent fare increase while cutting back on fringe charges. But rebellious taxi drivers vowed to continue a campaign to force a U-turn on a cutback in late night surcharg...

Hotel after he suggested a limousine service for guests on the Island. And they will refuse to drive between the hours of 10 p.m. and midnight -- in protest at having the late night surcharge put back two hours. Taxi drivers are also to give the cold...

Furious taxi drivers will this morning mount an invasion at the House of Assembly to protest Government's offer on fare increases. And last night Bermuda Taxi Federation secretary Joe Brown warned if the controversial bill -- which would give drivers...

pay rises. And partygoers face a long slog home on Christmas Day as taxi drivers vowed yesterday to strike on the holiday. Last night Bermuda Taxi Federation secretary Joe Brown said: "Taxis have blockaded the House of Assembly before -- but that was...

A furious taxi driver yesterday blasted nit-picking bureaucrats after being ordered by civil servants to remove signs -- one saying "Welcome to Bermuda'' -- from his cab. Hubert Franks, a taxi driver for more than 30 years, said: "It's ridiculous -- ...

The products from Jonathan Northcott's pottery can truly be dubbed earthenware. For although the clay comes mostly from the great clay-rich pottery districts of Staffordshire and Devon in England, it is fired with -- and transformed by -- the additio...

was revealed last night. Angry cabbies are to meet later this month to discuss their next move in a long-running battle for fare increases to meet the rising cost of keeping a cab on the road. And industry insiders yesterday confirmed that many cabbi...

Engraving livery cycle helmets with firm's initials could weaken the structure and cause failure in an accident, a top doctor has warned. The alert from the California-based Snell Foundation over the practice of some livery firms of engraving hire he...

A new nightspot with a touch of jazz is jamming in the customers. For the Bourbon Street lounge -- an addition to Coconut Rock in Hamilton's Reid Street -- has been voted a hit after only three weeks of operation. The $100,000 lounge, designed to loo...

night taxi robberies. One veteran driver said: "I've got a good length of pipe in the taxi and I'll use it if I have to. "I work hard for my money and no young thug is going to take it away from me.'' The cabbie, who asked not be named, was speaking...