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The new general manager of the Fairmont Hamilton Princess believes the “many benefits” of gambling would help to resurrect Bermuda's tourism industry.
Len Czarnecki, who has 25 years experience, is predicting “exciting times ahead” now that making ga...
DATE: Aug 24, 2011
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Tourism
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Turks and Caicos residents last night braced themselves for impact as Hurricane Irene the season's first moved across the islands.
Heavy rains, 90mph winds and intermittent power loss were reported. The Category One storm was predicted to continue we...
DATE: Aug 24, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Union boss Chris Furbert says the two-week overtime ban at Hamilton Docks will continue as he points the finger at residents for “jumping out of their shoes” and “totally exaggerating” the delays being caused.
The Bermuda Industrial Union president h...
DATE: Aug 24, 2011
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An earthquake that spawned tremors from North Carolina to Ontario shocked quite a few Bermudians living in North America yesterday.
The 5.9 magnitude earthquake, which was around half-a-mile deep, was centred northwest of Richmond, Virginia, accordin...
DATE: Aug 24, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
BIU president Chris Furbert has confirmed that bus drivers lost two days of pay when they were on strike last week.
Residents have repeatedly questioned whether the bus drivers were paid when they downed tools in support of their fired colleague Jenn...
DATE: Aug 24, 2011
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A Sri Lankan accountant has been charged with swindling a Bermuda insurance company out of almost $70,000 by lying that she had surgery in her home country.
Prosecutors allege that accountant Chandima Gangula Arachchige, 37, was really in Bermuda on ...
DATE: Aug 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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The One Bermuda Alliance agrees the public should have a say in whether gaming is legalised, but insist it should be by referendum rather than town hall meetings.
Shadow Tourism Minister Pat Gordon-Pamplin has today questioned the way public opinion ...
DATE: Aug 24, 2011
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Politics
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Dockworkers will continue with their overtime ban at Hamilton Docks with the Bermuda Industrial Union playing down the disruption being caused.
BIU president Chris Furbert today said that the union was not backing down so the two-week overtime ban wo...
DATE: Aug 23, 2011
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Columbia 3 Bermuda 0
Bermuda slumped to their third straight defeat of the World Squash Championships in Germany today when they were beaten by Columbia.
Robbie Maycock fell 5-11, 11-3, 11-6, 11-6 to Javier Castilla, Chris Stout lost 13-11, 11-8, 11-...
DATE: Aug 23, 2011
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A 31-year-old Sandys man is in critical condition in hospital following an accident on Harbour Road early this morning.
The single-vehicle accident happened near the junction with Chapel Road in Paget around 4.30am, a Police spokeswoman said.
“It app...
DATE: Aug 23, 2011
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