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The keel for a replacement for the ageing Oleander cargo ship has been laid in a Chinese shipyard, it was revealed yesterday. The major step in the construction of the new freighter for Bermuda Container Line was celebrated at the shipyard as workers...

Dear Sir, There is bad driving every day on Bermuda roads. We all see it. My pet peeve is with drivers when they are right in the middle of the road, clogging traffic and making safe overtaking far more difficult. Yours may be poor entry to roundabou...

The ferry schedule for the Cup Match weekend was announced today. The Department of Marine and Ports Services said that the fast ferry service would operate on Thursday, August 3 and Friday August 4: The blue route will operate on the weekday sched...

A taxi driver who got behind the wheel after drinking to celebrate good news about his disabled son was yesterday banned from the roads for 18 months and fined. Cornell Bailey, 57, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to driving while more than twic...

Dear Sir, Can we please post taxi numbers at the bus stops and a bus schedule would be helpful as well. Especially the buses outside parks and beaches that tourists would visit. Admiralty House needs one immediately. PAT DECOSTA Pembroke

Dear Sir, In my years of driving in summer time, it is hot, humid and sticky. Our visitors get dressed up for dinner but then they often have no air conditioning when they are transported to the restaurant. This creates a challenge for them. Most lik...

It is not often that air travellers have the option to take a short, direct walk from their hotel into the airport terminal to catch a flight. But island residents and visitors to Bermuda who use New York’s JFK International Airport will have that ch...

Bus drivers who worked to rule on the public holiday on June 18 broke the law, according to Walton Brown, the Minister of Home Affairs. However, unionised bus operators are now “talking through all their issues”, Mr Brown told Parliament. The work-to...

Dear Sir, Several families visited Bermuda several summers ago and loved the island and the people. We stayed at a home near a bus stop and used the buses exclusively for that week. They were very convenient, pretty dependable and covered the island....

The following is a letter to Walter Roban, the Minister of Transport and Regulatory Affairs Dear Mr Roban, I thought I should make time to congratulate you on your conduct of this ministry to date — all very impressive to me. As you may be aware, I a...

A work-to-rule that disrupted bus services more than a week was called off yesterday. Chris Furbert, president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, said industrial action at the Department of Public Transportation had been lifted “effective immediately”....

The Minister of Transport yesterday tabled legislation yesterday to allow police to carry out roadside breath tests. Walter Roban said the Road Traffic (Road Sobriety Checkpoints) Amendment Act would deter drink driving. He told the House of Assembly...