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If you haven’t heard by now, Coconut Rockets is blasting off in Bermuda, and making a splash in the local watersport scene with Flyboarding.
Flyboarding is essentially using a board similar to a snowboard with its boot attachments. The Flyboard is at...
DATE: Jul 13, 2013
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Bermuda Red Cross and St John Ambulance have joined up to provide medical services for next week’s NatWest Island Games.
The pair will provide emergency medical and first aid support for both athletes and spectators. In all 22 Islands and some 1,700 ...
DATE: Jul 13, 2013
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Government is to give the owners of the Fairmont Hamilton Princess $14.2 million in tax breaks — more than four times as much as had been granted by legislation passed just two weeks ago.
The increase came about after the Green family, who bought the...
DATE: Jul 13, 2013
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Gareth Finighan
A Bermudian college student has been jailed after he admitted importing two BB guns.
Shaquille Crockwell, 21, from Rock Lane West, Hamilton Parish, pleaded guilty yesterday to importing the prohibited weapons on April 22.
Magistrates’ Court heard tha...
DATE: Jul 13, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A group of Bermuda hospitality students received a leg-up from Royal Caribbean International this week.
Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell presented seven students with RCI Hospitality Awards during a ceremony on board the Celebrity Cruise Line’s MV Su...
DATE: Jul 13, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A recent survey of Bermuda residents shows the majority feel safe in their own neighbourhood.
Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley released the results of the latest Bermuda Omnibus Survey in the House of Assembly yesterday.
The survey, conducted b...
DATE: Jul 13, 2013
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Crime
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The Rainbow Alliance have disputed a claim by Opposition Leader Marc Bean that gay marriage would lead to moral disruption.
However, the group agreed with Mr Bean’s assertion that same sex marriage is inevitable — something the Opposition Leader desc...
DATE: Jul 13, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda taxpayers have been slapped with a $700,000 bill as a result of the settlement involving the building of the Dame Lois Browne Evans Building.
And, Mark Pettingill, the Attorney General, revealed Government could have been forced to pay nearly...
DATE: Jul 13, 2013
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The Opposition benches went on the attack in the House of Assembly last night, criticising Government for a series of controversial, headline-making decisions in the past week.
Shadow Attorney General Kim Wilson led the offensive, questioning why Gov...
DATE: Jul 13, 2013
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Pembroke man had to be pulled from his car by the Fire Service following a crash in Devonshire.
Emergency services responded to a reported two-vehicle collision on North Shore Road in the vicinity of Dock Hill on Thursday evening.
“There were no re...
DATE: Jul 13, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
