152504 results returned for search: "" category "News"
Two handguns were handed into police by members of the public this week.
One was found in the water off South Shore on Wednesday and another was discovered in the St David’s area on Tuesday.
Police have launched an investigation to find out if the gu...
DATE: Aug 11, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Crime
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff
Visitor spending has risen for the tenth consecutive quarter, the Bermuda Tourism Authority said yesterday.
Tourists spent $96.2 million in the second quarter of the year, up $5.6 million on the $90.6 million recorded for the same period in 2017.
The...
DATE: Aug 11, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Tourism
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Auditor-General has urged the Bermuda Government to come up with a proper plan of action to “get to grips” with its mounting debt.
Heather Thomas said that debt servicing costs were increasingly affecting the Government’s ability to provide servi...
DATE: Aug 11, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
Two men on a motorcycle are believed to be responsible for a string of attempted chain snatches.
In the latest incident, they rode alongside a man and tried to grab a chain from his neck as he travelled south along Barker’s Hill, Devonshire, on Thurs...
DATE: Aug 11, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Crime
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff
A $13,500 event at an East End beach was value for money, the chief executive of the Bermuda Tourism Authority said yesterday.
Kevin Dallas said the cost of the promotion at Shelly Bay in Hamilton Parish on Thursday, which featured five island vendor...
DATE: Aug 11, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Tourism
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Employment has risen, government revenues are up, spending is down and the deficit has been cut by 24 per cent, the Premier said yesterday.
David Burt, also the finance minister, told the House of Assembly that “the facts totally disprove this tired ...
DATE: Aug 11, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A mini train blocked traffic on Brighton Hill in Devonshire after it broke down yesterday morning.
The train caused traffic delays near the junction with South Road, but it was later moved to the side of the road so traffic flow could resume as norma...
DATE: Aug 11, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff
An environmentalist has stars in his eyes, and wants to recruit other people who share a passion for astronomy for a new club.
Jonathan Starling said he launched the Bermuda Astronomical Society on Facebook this year, but later found there had been ...
DATE: Aug 10, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A family friendly event will take place in the City of Hamilton this weekend.
Tamara Bradshaw, events coordinator for the City of Hamilton, said “We’re excited to bring this family-filled event back. It’s going to have a carnival-like feel and there ...
DATE: Aug 10, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Debates on the treatment of sex offenders and the establishment of a minimum wage are expected to dominate what is expected to be a long session of the House of Assembly today.
A report on wages called for the implementation of a minimum wage of $12...
DATE: Aug 10, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|