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A Texan billionaire stands accused of using a family charitable trust based in Bermuda to hide assets in what may be the largest tax evasion case against an individual in US history.
Robert Brockman, 79, was charged with multiple counts of tax evasio...
DATE: Oct 18, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
A leading businessman and hotelier who helped to steer the 2017 America’s Cup success has died.
Philip Akeroyd, the owner of the Inverurie Executive Suites hotel on Harbour Road in Paget, was 70.
Mr Akeroyd served as deputy chairman of the West End ...
DATE: Oct 17, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
More steps must be taken before cruise ships can return to the island, attendees at the Bermuda Tourism Summit heard yesterday.
Aideen Ratteray Pryse, the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Health and former PS for the Ministry of Tourism, said ...
DATE: Oct 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A member of the judiciary relived a 2019 traffic accident that left him in “extreme pain for three to four days” when he took the witness box yesterday in Magistrates’ Court.
Craig Attridge, who serves as a magistrate, claimed that he suffered a frac...
DATE: Oct 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Bermuda’s tourism sector will recover nearly fully from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic by 2023, a tourism economist said yesterday at the opening session of the Bermuda Tourism Summit.
Adam Sacks said tourism in Bermuda will operate at 20 per ce...
DATE: Oct 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
A “Reclaim Summer” week on the water is to be held to boost visitor numbers and resident spending in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Bermuda Tourism Authority said yesterday.
Glenn Jones, the interim chief executive of the BTA, said the Bermud...
DATE: Oct 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Kathy Lynn Simmons has been appointed as the Acting Minister of Community Affairs and Sport, the Government announced this evening.
Ms Simmons already holds the post of Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs.
A government spokeswoman added: “...
DATE: Oct 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermudian businesses can earn an internationally recognised stamp to highlight Covid-19 safe practices.
The Bermuda Tourism Authority announced that the World Travel and Tourism Council “Safe Travels” stamp is available on the island through a progra...
DATE: Oct 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Yesterday evening the Minister of Health the Hon. Kim Wilson JP MP attended the formal ribbon cutting ceremony for WindReach Bermuda's new Adult Day Centre.
The Centre will serve as a base for their Adult Day Programme which services adults living wi...
DATE: Oct 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A man died after he was involved in a crash in Smith’s last night, police said today.
The two-vehicle incident happened at the junction of Town Hill Road and Harrington Sound Road at about 7.40pm
A Bermuda Police Service spokesman said: “Information ...
DATE: Oct 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter