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The steel structure of the new St Regis hotel in St George’s is expected to start to go up this month, it was revealed yesterday.
The news came as Jamahl Simmons, the tourism minister, delivered a progress report on construction at the building site....
DATE: Nov 01, 2018
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Arron Banks, the British businessman best known for bankrolling the campaign for the UK to leave the European Union, is back on the island.
The Brexit donor posted a picture today on Twitter announcing he was here on a fishing trip.
The trip comes ju...
DATE: Nov 01, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A senior pedestrian was injured on Wednesday night in Warwick after being struck by a taxi while crossing the road, police reported.
The 79-year-old woman was hit around 8pm while crossing Cobbs Hill Road to attend Cobbs Hill Gospel Chapel.
She was l...
DATE: Nov 01, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Kenneth Paul, the last survivor of four Bermuda Industrial Union members imprisoned after the pivotal “Belco riots” 53 years ago, has died, aged 84.
Mr Paul was among the group of trade unionists convicted after a violent clash with police during pic...
DATE: Oct 31, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Gershwyn Smith, an activist who ran for Parliament several times as an independent candidate, died on Saturday. He was 69.
Known also as Shiloh, High Priest Shiloh or Mohatma Shiloh Mahdi, Mr Smith spent decades on a campaign for the legalisation of ...
DATE: Oct 31, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Harbour Road in Paget will be restricted to a single lane this Sunday to make way for the David Saul Fidelity 5K Race, the Ministry of Public Works advised.
The one-lane closure will be in effect from Manse Road to the Crow Lane junction with the ent...
DATE: Oct 31, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda missed the chance to head off an obesity and diabetes epidemic decades ago, a former government head of physical education has claimed.
John Moreby, who worked with the Department of Education for more than 20 years before he retired in 1995,...
DATE: Oct 30, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Mirrors youth development programme has celebrated the graduation of 33 young people from its six-day senior “supercamp” programme.
The closing ceremony on Sunday at the Willowbank resort in Sandys was attended by Michael Weeks, the Minister of S...
DATE: Oct 30, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Gilbert Darrell, a veteran politician who died on Friday at the age of 95, was recalled by his colleague Lionel Simmons as a respected figure who capably reached across party lines.
The two were among a group of four Progressive Labour Party Members ...
DATE: Oct 29, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The transformation of Bermuda into an “innovation island” could boost the economy, a report commissioned by the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce has predicted.
Kendaree Burgess, executive director of the chamber, said “we are in the right space to take ou...
DATE: Oct 29, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell