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Bermuda welcomed mega cruise ship Norweigan Breakaway at Heritage Wharf in Dockyard this morning. The luxury liner - the largest passenger ship to ever visit the Island - brought 5,300 passengers and crew with her for her inaugural trip from New York...
DATE: May 15, 2013
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Police are asking for help in finding 73-year-old Edwin Rhoda.
Mr Rhoda is described as a brown skinned male, approximately 5ft 8in of thin build. The top of his head is bald, but he has grey facial hair. He was last seen wearing a dark grey suit and...
DATE: May 14, 2013
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Premier Craig Cannonier has dismissed criticism of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for comments made at the christening of the Norwegian Breakaway last week.
“The comments made by Mayor Bloomberg were completely unsolicited. While he is the out...
DATE: May 14, 2013
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Almost 500 school students have signed up to learn more about what is potentially the worst ecological disaster to hit the western Atlantic in recent history.
An interactive exhibit on the lionfish, an invasive species depleting juvenile fish stocks ...
DATE: May 14, 2013
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Environment
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Although tomorrow’s arrival of thousands of cruise passengers is seen as a boost to a flagging tourism industry, questions have been raised over whether Bermuda’s infrastructure is capable of handling so many visitors at one time.
Government has been...
DATE: May 14, 2013
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Customers looking to buy gas at two of the Island’s filling stations left disappointed yesterday for the second time in a week.
The Collector’s Hill and the Richmond Road Esso stations were both forced to turn customers away for a time after the stat...
DATE: May 14, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda is gearing up for the largest flood of tourists ever to visit the Island in a single day tomorrow, when two cruise ships will deliver almost 7,500 passengers and crew to our shores.
Tourism chiefs are optimistic that the invasion of visitors...
DATE: May 14, 2013
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A man who became “consumed with emotions” and threatened his father with a hammer was fined $500 in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Loderick Holder, 33, admitted behaving in a threatening manner in Warwick last Thursday.
Prosecutor Garrett Byrne said t...
DATE: May 14, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Pay cut negotiations between Government and public sector workers are due to begin today.
About 800 Bermuda Industrial Union members heard directly from Finance Ministry officials about the state of the economy and Government finances yesterday in pr...
DATE: May 14, 2013
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The African Diaspora Heritage Trail conference will be hosted by Lafayette, Louisiana this year.
The event, which brings together representatives from countries affected by the migration to and from Africa, was first held in Bermuda in 2002, becoming...
DATE: May 14, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
