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A petition condemning the two-year jail sentence handed down to a beauty therapist who slashed another woman’s face with a broken glass has collected more than 700 signatures.
Briton Natalie Simpson, 25, was jailed last month after pleading guilty to...
DATE: Jun 26, 2014
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A Bermudian shopkeeper has been accused of breaching human rights laws after hurling “a barrage of insults” at a foreign customer.
Belinda Cyrus, who runs the Bermuda School Uniforms store with her husband Carmon, is alleged to have made the remarks ...
DATE: Jun 26, 2014
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Plans to scrap a discount scheme that gives huge reductions on weekly grocery bills have been labelled “premature” and “a complete surprise” — by the supermarkets providing the popular cash-saving service.
Last December three of the Island’s grocery ...
DATE: Jun 25, 2014
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A US lawyer has condemned Bermuda’s “kangaroo courts” for prosecuting cruise ship passengers caught in possession of drugs.
Maritime attorney Jim Walker has suggested that authorities here target passengers in order to make money through fines — but ...
DATE: Jun 24, 2014
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Although yesterday’s work stoppage left hundreds of Hamilton-bound commuters and tourists stranded, those planning a trip to St George’s were able to get to their destination.
The Government chartered Millennium ferry, which covers the Dockyard/St Ge...
DATE: Jun 20, 2014
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Yesterday’s unannounced walkout by Marine & Port workers was just the latest in a series of disruptions that have plagued transport services in the last 18 months.
Just two month’s after its December 2012 election victory, the One Bermuda Alliance Go...
DATE: Jun 20, 2014
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Government has repeatedly condemned impromptu work stoppages by transport workers in recent months, claiming they can damage Bermuda’s reputation as a tourism destination.
But although it drafted legislation to make wildcat industrial action by bus a...
DATE: Jun 20, 2014
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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...
DATE: Jun 20, 2014
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Frustrated minibus drivers are being overlooked by transport officials who advise tourists on how to travel around Bermuda, it has been claimed.
But that suggestion has been refuted by the Ministry of Transport, which said that cruise ship passengers...
DATE: Jun 19, 2014
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A food supplement regularly used in smoothies may have been contaminated with the salmonella bacteria.
Health officials warn that a consignment of products made by health food company Navitas Naturals could contain the bacteria, which can cause prolo...
DATE: Jun 19, 2014
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