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Premier says hotel to get $200m upgrade and to be open in spring 2023
DATE: Feb 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An announcement about increased airport fees played a part in “relegating” Bermuda to a seasonal destination, the Minister of Transport claimed yesterday.
Lawrence Scott added that it is thought the island’s rates are among the highest in the world.
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DATE: Feb 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A hotel created from a failed housing development is expected to open for business next year, the House of Assembly heard yesterday.
MPs were told the Bermudiana Beach Resort at the former Grand Atlantic apartment complex on South Shore in Warwick w...
DATE: Feb 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Divorce without the need for a courtroom blame game could be on the cards after the Attorney-General tabled proposed legislation in the House of Assembly yesterday.
Kathy Lynn Simmons said that the “no fault” divorce proposal was “the first part of a...
DATE: Feb 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An Opposition call for Bermuda to bid for the 2024 America’s Cup was today dismissed by the Premier as a “rinse and repeat” tourism strategy.
David Burt told the House of Assembly that “sailing alone is not the path to tourism renewal”.
Mr Burt poure...
DATE: Feb 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island has a domestic violence related murder and “multiple” incidents that involve serious injuries every year, the Director of Public Prosecutions has revealed.
Cindy Clarke said that statistics showed that the annual toll from abuse was eviden...
DATE: Feb 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A multimillion-gallon reservoir designed to boost the island’s water reserves is expected to be open by the end of the year.
Allan Rance, the chief executive of Bermuda Waterworks, said the reservoir would boost efficiency by allowing the company’s r...
DATE: Feb 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The End-to-End is back in full for 2022 after the event had to be scaled down for the past two years because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
This year’s End-to-End has a new title sponsor after the international insurance and reinsurance firm Convex Group ...
DATE: Feb 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Southampton ferry stop is expected to reopen in the first week of March, according to the Department of Marine and Ports.
Parts and equipment for repairs to the green route Rockaway stop, which closed last December, are expected to arrive on the is...
DATE: Feb 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police on the beat are to get their first change of uniform in decades.
The Bermuda Police Service has today unveiled the new working patrol uniforms.
The move will bring officers’ dress code up to date with worldwide best practice.
The new look has ...
DATE: Jan 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell