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The Bermuda Water Safety Council has sent condolences to the family of dead diver Bilal Furqan and issued advice to prevent similar tragedies in future.
Mr Furqan, 41, from St David’s, died last week after succumbing to severe head and neck injuries ...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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A 28-year-old woman was treated for “relatively minor injuries” after her car was in collision with two other vehicles.
The accident happened on Saturday in Pembroke, at the junction of Reid Street, Spurling Hill and Cavendish Road, at about 5.15pm.
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DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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Crime
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Restaurants are “lacking the Bermuda element” as overseas wait staff don’t offer the same friendly and welcoming service, according to Government backbencher Dennis Lister.
Mr Lister told the House of Assembly that tourists weren’t being encouraged t...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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A married father-of-three has been sentenced to five years in jail for a “sophisticated scheme” that saw him rope a customs officer in to a plot to import drugs.
Shannon Berkley, 42, from Warwick, pleaded guilty to the offence on March 30, 2011.
He w...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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Court
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The doom and gloom of the economic downturn has lead to a vast array of innovative opportunities, according to Business Development and Tourism Minister Patrice Minors.
Ms Minors told the House of Assembly that people were coming up with “existing, r...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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A tourist had his knapsack stolen and suffered minor injury after he was attacked by thieves on a motorcycle.
A 17-year-old has since been arrested in connection with the incident, which happened around 4.15pm on Thursday in Hamilton Parish.
The susp...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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Crime
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Tourism Minister Patrice Minors has sung the praises of sports tourism for attracting thousands of visitors to our shores.
Ms Minors said that despite working with a reduced budget, the Department of Tourism continues to support existing events, as ...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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Politics
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Out-of-work youngsters are to be asked to help spruce up Bermuda’s historic buildings in an attempt to move them off the wall and into jobs.
Plans for a new apprenticeship scheme to breathe life into some of the Island’s crumbling buildings were reve...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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The unemployed are to be given jobs cleaning up the Railway Trail in the hope that it will encourage more Bermudians to consider future careers in landscaping.
The Department of Parks is to provide out-of-work men and women with the horticultural sk...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda is suffering its most difficult economic period in at least half a century, according to Opposition Senate Leader Michael Dunkley.
The One Bermuda Alliance politician, 53, told the Upper Chamber during a debate on poverty on Wednesday that he...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
