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The Cayman Islands has thrown down the gauntlet to Bermuda – stating that they are actively looking to attract the reinsurance industry with immigration incentives and a targeted marketing campaign focusing on the Island's reinsurers.
This according ...
DATE: Dec 07, 2011
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Bermuda’s youth will soon be given an opportunity to display their talents while raising funds for the Coalition for the Protection of Children.
Bermuda’s Youth Got Talent, a new initiative by the Coalition, will give 20 local youth acts, all 17-year...
DATE: Dec 07, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 21-year-old gunman was yesterday sentenced to 25 years in prison following a gang-related shooting in a west end parking lot.
Chief Justice Richard Ground told Marico Bassett innocent bystanders could easily have been hit by a stray bullet as he re...
DATE: Dec 07, 2011
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Tim Smith
Coco Reef Tobago, owned by Bermudian Hotelier John Jefferis, has been named the leading hotel in the Caribbean at the World Travel Awards.
The hotel, the sister hotel of Coco Reefs Bermuda, has now won the award four years consecutively.
Accepting th...
DATE: Dec 07, 2011
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Alleged gunman and gang member Noet Barnett was captured on a cell phone video fooling around with what appeared to be a firearm.
Mr Barnett, along with five other men, passed the weapon around among themselves and pointed it at each other and the ca...
DATE: Dec 07, 2011
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Police are warning residents to lock doors and windows in their absence after six properties were broken into on one day.
Burglaries were reported Monday in homes in Hamilton Parish, Southampton, Warwick, Pembroke and Devonshire.
According to a Polic...
DATE: Dec 07, 2011
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Crime
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The cruise ship schedule for 2012 shows Bermuda’s regular visits down ten percent for the coming year, with the occasionally-visiting ships showing the sharpest drop overall.
However a Ministry of Transport spokeswoman said 2012 is expected to record...
DATE: Dec 07, 2011
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 49-year-old man has been told to “stop his foolishness” after pleading guilty to stealing a $900 cellphone from a store in Somerset Village.
Raymond Robinson was given a six-month prison sentence suspended for two years for helping himself to the w...
DATE: Dec 07, 2011
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A 52-year-old man has been fined $1,000 after telling police officers they “deserved to die like dogs in the street”.
Paul Edness, 52, pleaded guilty to using offensive words towards police officers on uniform patrol on Court Street.
Prosecutor Cind...
DATE: Dec 07, 2011
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Court
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A recently released report reveals that more people are married on Bermudian-registered ships than in Bermuda itself.
According to the Annual Report of the Registrar General, tabled my Minister of Government Estates and Information Services Michael S...
DATE: Dec 07, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes