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The circumstances around the killing of African American teenager Trayvon Martin could hold some lessons for Bermuda, according to anti-racism organisation Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda.
CURB president Mark Nash has challenged white Bermudians...
DATE: Jul 18, 2013
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The owners of the Fairmont Hamilton Princess Hotel have applauded politicians for steering through legislation granting them tax breaks on a redevelopment programme for the flagship resort.
Last Friday Government pushed through the Hotels Concession ...
DATE: Jul 18, 2013
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Royal Caribbean’s Grandeur of the Seas returned to Bermuda this week following a major fire in May.
The Grandeur arrived in port in Bermuda on Sunday for the first time since the fire and departed for Baltimore on Tuesday.
The ship was originally...
DATE: Jul 18, 2013
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda will forge stronger ties with labour leaders in the Caribbean to develop an integrated market “responsive to business needs while recognising the needs of workers”.
Just back from the meeting of the Eighth ILO Meeting of Caribbean Labour Mini...
DATE: Jul 17, 2013
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Bermuda’s crime rate has fallen to its lowest since 2000, according to Police Commissioner Michael DeSilva.
Mr DeSilva revealed that police recorded a total of 834 offences in the second quarter of this year, making it the fourth consecutive quarter ...
DATE: Jul 17, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Pembroke man who admitted possession of 0.20 grams of marijuana was fined $800 at Magistrates’ Court today.
Jefferson Smith, 38, had his Deepdale Road home searched just before 9am on May 22 by police.
Crown counsel Susan Mulligan told the court th...
DATE: Jul 17, 2013
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A 31-year-old man appeared in court yesterday charged with the serious sexual assault of a woman at Hamilton Bus Terminal.
The defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was not required to enter a plea as the matter must be dealt with at Supr...
DATE: Jul 17, 2013
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Court
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A 25-year-old Devonshire man is recovering after being involved in a two-vehicle collision yesterday morning on Harrington Sound Road in Hamilton Parish.
The collision happened around 8.15am near the junction with Quarry Road, when Michael Muhammad w...
DATE: Jul 17, 2013
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Anyone interested in becoming more social media savvy is invited to enrol in a new online course at the Bermuda College.
The college’s Professional and Career Education (PACE) Division will this September launch a three-module online programme focusi...
DATE: Jul 17, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 26-year-old woman was charged at Magistrates’ Court today with possession and importation of cannabis.
Ashanta Hassell, of Sandys, pleaded not guilty to importing 260 grams of drugs to the Island by commercial plane on June 9.
Senior Magistrate Arc...
DATE: Jul 17, 2013
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