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The significant role hotel concierge staff play in the Island’s tourism industry is to be celebrated in a new National Concierge Day.
It is hoped the event — which will be held for the first time on Wednesday — will enable key front line employees to...
DATE: Mar 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Residents are being urged to secure their homes following a spate of break-ins across the island.
A spokesman for the Bermuda Police Service warned that properties needed to securely locked even when being left unoccupied for short periods and that s...
DATE: Mar 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Opposition Progressive Labour Party yesterday called for a bipartisan approach to Immigration reform but insisted that granting status to permanent residents would be unacceptable.
In his inaugural Reply to the Budget Statement, Shadow Finance Mi...
DATE: Mar 02, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Mr. Speaker and Honourable Members of the House of Assembly,
It is a distinct honour to reply to the Budget Statement on behalf of the Opposition Progressive Labour Party. I am humbled to follow parliamentary giants like the late Honourable C. Eugene...
DATE: Mar 02, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Children as young as seven have experimented with drugs and alcohol, according to the results of a survey released yesterday.
According to the “Report of the Survey of Student’s Knowledge and Attitudes of Drugs and Health 2012”, one third of Primary ...
DATE: Mar 02, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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A protest outside Parliament saw Premier Craig Cannonier telling a hostile crowd he was committed to protecting Bermudian jobs.
But Mr Cannonier and Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy faced booing and catcalls, despite a plea for respect from the mot...
DATE: Mar 02, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A fleet of new buses and a high-speed catamaran providing a ferry service between St. George’s and Dockyard are two ways in which Government plans to improve public transport on the Island.
Tourism and Transport Minister Shawn Crockwell announced the...
DATE: Mar 02, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The legal drink drive limit is set to be lowered and roadside breath testing could be allowed as evidence in court as Government tries to crackdown on drinking and driving.
Transport Minister Shawn Crockwell addressed the House of Assembly this morni...
DATE: Mar 02, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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A norovirus has been linked to a series of illnesses in Gordon Ward at King Edward VII Memorial in the last week.
However, a spokeswoman for the Bermuda Hospitals Board said no new cases of the illness were reported in the Gordon Ward yesterday.
“The...
DATE: Mar 02, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Armed with a slim Sony Cyber-shot camera, poet and DJ Marquedelle Philip-Rodriguez dreams of producing “the deep types of films”.
His social commentary sharpened through his involvement with Chewstick’s Chewslam division, 16-year-old Marq is turning ...
DATE: Mar 02, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
