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Spending on sports tourism is to be raised 20 percent as the Island aims to ramp up hotel numbers during the season’s traditionally quieter months.
Reversing last year’s more than $500,000 cut to the budget for sports marketing, the Tourism Board yes...
DATE: Oct 30, 2012
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The last Commanding Officer of HMS Malabar said he is disappointed that the crests of ships at Dockyard are in the process of being knocked down.
With demolition started in the Albert Row project, the crests of ships that have docked in Bermuda for t...
DATE: Oct 30, 2012
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A customer has raised concerns that a hardware store asked for his name and driving licence information in order to purchase a machete.
The 58-year-old St George’s resident made the purchase at Masters on Dundonald Street, Hamilton.
He contacted The ...
DATE: Oct 30, 2012
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A 27-year-old motorcyclist was taken to hospital after a crash with a car in Hamilton Parish.
The incident took place at 11am on Sunday on North Shore Road near the junction with East Point Lane, with both vehicles travelling in the same direction.
T...
DATE: Oct 30, 2012
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All but two flights have been cancelled as Hurricane Sandy wreaks havoc with airlines' schedules.
The only flights expected into LF Wade International Airport today are the Delta flight from Atlanta which is due in at 2.33pm and the American Airlines...
DATE: Oct 29, 2012
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A Portuguese national caught working illegally at the Grand Atlantic Development was fined $500.
Maria Pacheco appeared in Magistrates’ Court alongside the South Shore Warwick property’s manager, Dennis Rodrigues.
Rodrigues, of So Far Lane, St George...
DATE: Oct 29, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Latest figures from Government which show that the economy contracted by 2.8 percent in 2011, reveal “the hypocrisy of government spin,” and demonstrate that Government has failed the people, the One Bermuda Alliance says.
In a statement issued yeste...
DATE: Oct 29, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Prisoners could soon be given access to a confidential crime hotline — so they can give information from behind bars.
The Crime Stoppers programme has seen success in prisons worldwide and that initiative could soon be replicated here.
Crime Stoppers...
DATE: Oct 29, 2012
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The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST) has hailed the creation of the Lodge Point Nature Reserve, but said even more could be done.
Chairman Stuart Hayward said that more of the Ireland Island area should be protected to protect ex...
DATE: Oct 29, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Shots were fired in Sandys over the weekend in the latest recorded firearms incident, but there have been no reported injuries.
A Police Spokesman said yesterday that at around 1.30am on Saturday officers responded to reports of gunfire in the Greenf...
DATE: Oct 29, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
