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Opposition spokesman for tourism Michael Dunkley believes the upcoming international Love Festival is a waste of taxpayers’ money. Last year the festival, which spans Valentine’s Day weekend, brought 98 visitors to the Island and the year before that...
DATE: Jan 22, 2010
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Police attended two reported robberies at the Grotto Bay Beach Resort on Wednesday with one burglar stealing diving equipment.
Around 10.45 Wednesday morning, Police received a report of a burglary at Triangle Diving Bermuda Ltd., located at Grotto B...
DATE: Jan 22, 2010
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A row between the owners of Segway Tours Bermuda looks set to end up in court — after one sacked the other for allegedly "serious reasons".
Majority shareholder and president Ben Fairn told The Royal Gazette he got rid of Robert Territo — who ran the...
DATE: Jan 22, 2010
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Witnessing a shooting in broad daylight has not deterred former UBP MP Gina Spence-Farmer from speaking out about the recent spate of violence.
"I was on Court Street that day in May, when the young man shot up the store," she said, referring to May ...
DATE: Jan 22, 2010
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Education activist Myron Piper has called Education Minister El James’s leadership “weak and ineffective” after principals walked out on a meeting with Education Commissioner Wendy McDonell.
Mr. Piper, speaking on behalf of the Bermuda Democratic All...
DATE: Jan 22, 2010
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Bermuda is known for its generosity in times of need and today people Islandwide will be collecting funds to help the people of Haiti after last week’s devastating earthquake.
Last night Senator Marc Bean said the Bermuda Government is prepared, at t...
DATE: Jan 22, 2010
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Crime as a whole has gone down, according to Police statistics released this morning, but murders, robberies and sexual assaults have doubled compared to the same period last year.
Crime overall dropped by ten percent during the second quarter of the...
DATE: Jan 22, 2010
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Yesterday the Fairmont Hamilton kicked off its 125th birthday.
The hotel has been a beacon to travellers for over a century and seen Bermuda go from a winter destination for wealthy New Yorkers who arrived by steamship to a spring break capital for e...
DATE: Jan 22, 2010
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Two law firms have been hired to review the corporations of Hamilton and St. George and make recommendations about their future, Senator Walter Roban announced today.
Sen. Roban, who is the Minister responsible for the reforms, said local firm Attrid...
DATE: Jan 22, 2010
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A 45-year-old fisherman yesterday pleaded guilty to two counts of sexually exploiting his daughter. Senior Crown counsel Carrington Mahoney told Magistrates' Court that on two occasions between September 29, 2006 and December 31, 2007, the defendant ...
DATE: Jan 22, 2010
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