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Another death from Covid-19 was reported last night – which pushed the island’s death toll from the coronavirus to 121.
But active cases of the virus continued to drop, down to 206 after 165 people recovered from infection, although 100 new cases wer...
DATE: Feb 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Curtis Dickinson, a career banker who transitioned to politics in 2018, brought substantial private sector experience, particularly overseas, to his career as finance minister under the Progressive Labour Party.
One of his top roles as minister was u...
DATE: Feb 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Close to $2 million was racked up in legal fees at home and overseas by the City of Hamilton as part of two court battles.
More than $1 million was spent on the City’s fight with the Government over its proposal to change both of the island’s municip...
DATE: Feb 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 15-month schedule to renovate Bermuda’s biggest resort is “fairly tight, but that doesn’t mean you can’t do it”, a construction expert said of plans to reopen the Fairmont Southampton Hotel by the summer of 2023.
Construction heads shared their vie...
DATE: Feb 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Valentine’s Day transport crisis meant frantic florists were almost left empty-handed before on their biggest sales day of the year.
But disaster was avoided after the blooms arrived and shops were stocked with flowers after two no-shows this week ...
DATE: Feb 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island’s newest lawyer thanked her mother for “never deterring me from my dreams, despite them seeming almost impossible”.
Precious Smith, who was Called to the Bar before Puisne Judge Larry Mussenden, also wished her mother Wendy Woodley a happy...
DATE: Feb 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Another fatality has pushed the Covid-19 death toll to 120, it was revealed last night. The death is the second this week.
There are 12 people in hospital, although none are in intensive care.
There were 88 new cases recorded between last Sunday and ...
DATE: Feb 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Extra police on patrol in Hamilton have reduced crime and antisocial behaviour and will extend their coverage of the city
DATE: Feb 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s drivers have been asked to fill their tanks for a good cause as a charity event combining fun and fundraising goes for its 53rd annual spin tomorrow.
Hamilton Lions Club teams up with Terceira’s Rubis Service Station on North Shore in S...
DATE: Feb 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The commemoration tomorrow of a landmark event in the history of enslavement in Bermuda has been postponed because of bad weather.
The recognition of the arrival in Bermuda of the American ship Enterprise, which had 78 enslaved people on board, was ...
DATE: Feb 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell