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At least one taxi owner is not pleased with the timing of plans for a 25 percent rate increase. Veteran taxi operator Lee Tucker said, fundamentally, a rate increase for passengers in the current economic climate will not increase earnings. Instead h...

Dear Sir, Sometimes I pick up The Royal Gazette and I have great difficulty believing what I read. Several times recently the One Bermuda Alliance has gone so far off the rails that I think it must be a joke. I know the party is inexperienced and the...

The Opposition is calling on Government to reconsider plans to increase taxi fares by 25 percent, claiming that it could hit cabbies in the pocket by driving down demand. The hike was announced by Transport Minister Shawn Crockwell last week followin...

Government has been applauded over its plans to crank up taxi fares by 25 percent, with cabbies claiming that the increase is long overdue. Pointing out that the fare rate - which is set by Government - had not been changed for nearly seven years, re...

Residents yesterday questioned whether the rise in taxi rates by 25 percent is justified based on the quality of service offered. Brian Bothelo, 27, a help desk technician, said: “As long as they’re on time, then I’m all good.” “It’s not right. We ar...

Taxi fares are to increase by 25 percent after lobbying from cabbies, Transport Minister Shawn Crockwell announced yesterday. He told the House of Assembly in a statement that he’d held “extremely productive “ meetings with taxi industry members in r...

Faced with court action for non-payment of membership fees for GPS service, a Bermudian taxi owner has called for the eradication of committal warrants for incarceration for debt. Barclay Carmichael was contacted by a court bailiff in May and ordered...

Frustrated taxi drivers are urging Government to speed up changes to regulations that govern the industry. And the head of the Bermuda Taxi Owners/Operators Association has said a failure to implement new rules before the House of Assembly adjourned ...

Embattled taxi drivers are urging Government to partner with their industry and help pull their business back from the brink. Bermuda Taxi Operators Association (BTOA) president Derek Young said the group’s 75-strong members were keen to see action f...

Taxi drivers must unite and work collectively if they are to improve the state of the industry, according to the new head of the organisation that represents Bermuda’s cabbies. Bermuda Taxi Operators and Owners Association president Derek Young belie...