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Quality must be a key consideration when private homeowners rent out larger properties to tourists through internet letting sites, according to the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce.
Colin Campbell, the chairman of the Chamber’s tourism division, told The ...
DATE: Sep 11, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A husband who beat his wife while her young children slept was ordered in court not to return home until he undergoes anger management counselling.
Rafael Araujo, 26, of Knapton Hill, Smith’s, was told by Magistrate Juan Wolffe yesterday that his att...
DATE: Sep 11, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Warrants were issued today for two defendants who failed to appear at Magistrates’ Court.
Magistrate Juan Wolffe issued the warrants for Sto’Nae Eve, 22, who was listed to appear on a forgery charge, and Stevone Bailey, 31, who was listed for the off...
DATE: Sep 11, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A 33-year-old woman denied she caused grievous bodily harm by driving without due care and attention when she appeared at Magistrates’ Court today.
Jakeisha Stevens, of Curving Avenue, Pembroke, is accused of committing the offence against Terance Mo...
DATE: Sep 10, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A 48-year-old man was today accused of importing cannabis worth more than $130,000 into Bermuda.
Vain Waldron, of Happy Valley Road, Pembroke, appeared at Magistrates’ Court, where he denied importing the drug on May 25.
He also pleaded not guilty to...
DATE: Sep 10, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A patient who suffered an agonising wait for surgery at the Island’s only hospital is being taken to the Privy Council by those he successfully sued for damages.
Bermuda Hospitals Board has opted to go to the Island’s highest court of appeal, in Lond...
DATE: Sep 05, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Homeowners should be encouraged to rent their properties to tourists and ought to be initially exempt from hotel occupancy tax, according to the Opposition.
The Progressive Labour Party said yesterday that reform of the law regulating tourist accommo...
DATE: Sep 03, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The headteacher of Saltus Grammar School has declared herself “thrilled” with her students’ IGCSE results this year.
Claire Charlemagne said 122 students in years ten and 11 at the private school sat the exams and all achieved A* to G passes.
Fourtee...
DATE: Sep 03, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Property owners who put their homes up for rent to tourists on internet letting sites could be breaking the law, The Royal Gazette has discovered.
Many homeowners on the Island are renting out rooms, apartments and whole houses to visitors, using pop...
DATE: Sep 02, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
New tourism properties that sleep less than ten people should be exempt from hotel occupancy tax for their first three years in business, according to the Opposition.
The Progressive Labour Party, responding to a front-page story in today’s edition o...
DATE: Sep 02, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
