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The Government’s controversial Travel Authorisation policy has been condemned as “an exercise in annoying bureaucracy that creates anxiety” in a review of a cruise trip to Bermuda.
The review of the trip on board the Celebrity Summit liner from New...
DATE: Jun 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Businesses have branded the highly controversial Travel Authorisation Form “frustrating” amid calls for the charge to be scrapped.
The comments by the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce come after the Government admitted that the $40 fee to enter the countr...
DATE: Jun 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Inquiries by police and the fire service continued yesterday into an explosion that claimed the lives of two people a month ago.
Oscar and Jove Mascarinas were killed by the blast that gutted an apartment block at Hilltop Court in Southampton.
Police...
DATE: Jun 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Dignitaries gathered yesterday to plant a tree in celebration of the Queen’s platinum jubilee.
Charles Gosling, the Mayor of Hamilton, gave a speech before planting the Jacaranda Mimosifolia with the help of Rena Lalgie, the Governor, and US Consul-...
DATE: Jun 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The system used to gauge inflation will be updated next year as part of a ten-year cycle, the Labour and Economy Minister said yesterday.
Jason Hayward also rejected suggestions that the basket of goods used to weigh price increases had not been chan...
DATE: Jun 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The House of Assembly is set to return today with plans for the future of North East Hamilton.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, is expected to table the North East Hamilton Local Plan, which is intended to establish a framework for the Dep...
DATE: Jun 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Approval has been given to change control at the Finger solar farm beside the airport.
The Regulatory Authority said that its consent to the transfer will mean that FB Solar LLC — owned by the Bermuda Infrastructure Fund — will become the “indirect p...
DATE: Jun 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
More than 100 primary school pupils entered the annual Belco kite safety poster campaign this year.
Lyric Davis-Marshall, a P1 student at East End Primary School, has been named overall winner with a colourful creation advising kite flyers how to fly...
DATE: Jun 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An annual all-female relay race is returning to Front Street on Sunday to raise funds for the Women’s Resource Centre.
The You Go Girl relay is set to kick off at 8.30am, with teams of three tackling a six-kilometre course, either all together or in ...
DATE: Jun 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An elderly man was tricked out of $65,000 worth of cash and gift cards in a scheme that lasted more than a year, police said.
Residents were warned about a scam where people are told they are prize draw winners but must keep the windfall secret.
A Be...
DATE: Jun 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter