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Calls for ferry service to be privatised

Online commentators have called for the privatisation of the ferry service after yesterday’s stoppage, with many fearing loss of tourism revenue due to the unannounced downing of tools. Privatising or outsourcing services, including public transport,...
Jun 20, 2014
Reinsurance

McGavick: Expect wave of insurance consolidation

The global insurance industry could see a ‘big wave’ of consolidation over the next few years, XL chief executive officer Mike McGavick told delegates at the Airmic conference in Birmingham last week. Mr McGavick, speaking during the Airmic forum deb...
Jun 20, 2014
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Man denies forging betting slip

A Pembroke man this morning denied forging a betting slip in an attempt to get $25,000 from a local betting shop. Dashae Simons, 25, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court to charges of creating a false instrument, specifically a betting slip, usin...
Jun 20, 2014
Other

Celebrate with the Americas.

One of the memories that I bought back from my first trip to South America in 1980 was that wherever you might be in the country-side of Brazil, Argentina, Chile or Peru, you would see the same scene. If there was a cleared and flat plot of land you...
Jun 20, 2014
Other

Ferns edging towards extinction

A Bermudian species of fern is on the edge of extinction, according to an international “red list” of endangered species. The Governor Laffan’s Fern and the Bermuda Shield Fern have both been included in the International Union for the Conservation o...
Jun 20, 2014
Other

Bank awarded for donating blood

Bank of Butterfield staff have been recognised after making deposits into a different type of bank account. The financial institution has been named winner of the first ever Corporate Blood Drive — a campaign launched by hospital bosses to increase s...
Jun 20, 2014
Cricket

It’s official: Tucker at the helm

Janeiro Tucker has been named as captain of a 26-man Bermuda squad that has been selected to begin training for the ICC World Cricket League Division Three Tournament in Uganda in late October. The squad contains several overseas based players, inclu...
Jun 19, 2014
Sailing

Hillier ready to take on the ‘big boys’

Brian Hillier is on the verge of making local Newport Bermuda Race history. When Hillier’s J-125, Crossfire, sails across the starting line at the mouth of Narragansett Bay tomorrow afternoon, it will mark the first time that a yacht from St George’s...
Jun 19, 2014
Property Matters

Buying one home, selling another — at the same time

Dear Heather: I am looking for a new house, however; I have to sell my existing condo first in order to buy. How do you recommend I go about doing this? In a Dilemma Warwick Dear Dilemma: Home buyers and home sellers each face their own challenges, ...
Jun 19, 2014
Football

Heard the one about two Scotsmen, Brazil and a football?

It’s fitting that our first game of this World Cup should be in São Paulo and feature England. For it was here, almost 120 years ago, that the British introduced football to Brazil. Indeed, the world might never have heard of Pelé, Zico, Ronaldo or N...
Jun 19, 2014
Other

Gibbons excluded from Cup Match trials

In the clearest indication that St George’s have made an about-turn on their decision not to suspend Treadwell Gibbons in the wake of his antics at the 2013 Cup Match, the challengers have excluded the controversial all-rounder from 26 players invite...
Jun 19, 2014
Letters to the Editor

Demanding decency, respect and ‘proper carriage’

June 18, 2014 Dear Sir, With the intense amount of political drama played out in the theatre of war exercises reminiscent of the recent block buster hit Hunger Games from the motion picture association of America, our honourable house is now under si...
Jun 19, 2014
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