9018 results returned for search: "" category "News" author Jonathan Bell
The new chairman of the Bermuda Tourism Authority has been named Hotelier of the Year by the Bermuda Hotel Association.
Paul Telford, managing director of Rosewood Bermuda, said the award was “a huge honour”.
He added: “I’m blessed with an incredible...
DATE: Dec 16, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Tourism
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
David Burt, the Premier, was among the speakers at a two-day conference on infrastructure held in Jamaica this week.
The Caribbean Infrastructure Forum, which was held on Monday and Tuesday at Montego Bay, focused on the development of essential infr...
DATE: Dec 16, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A clash between two charities has threatened the Bermuda International Film Festival’s private screening of an island film.
But producer Brooke Williams said the movie Maternal Secrets would have its private screening as scheduled tomorrow night at t...
DATE: Dec 14, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A section of Front Street will be closed off on Sunday, from 6am to 4pm, for emergency repairs to the main sewer line, according to Ian Hind, the senior engineer for the City of Hamilton.
The street will be closed between Spurling Hill and King Stree...
DATE: Dec 14, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The choir from Clearwater Middle School brought song to the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club today as a gesture of appreciation to staff.
The students thanked employees who volunteered time at the school, cleaning and painting the walls of the music ro...
DATE: Dec 14, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Kenny Harris, one of the island’s veteran broadcasters and an accomplished jazz musician, has died at the age of 90.
According to friends, Mr Harris had been living in Brandon, Suffolk, with his wife and fellow broadcaster Nell Bassett, when he died ...
DATE: Dec 13, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A prominent voice from the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People has praised local efforts to grapple with the island’s legacy of racism.
Hilary Shelton, director of the NAACP’s Washington bureau, commended the latest round of t...
DATE: Dec 13, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An American educator is to be extradited to Bermuda to face sexual assault charges — more than ten years after his alleged offence against a teenage student at a local school.
The accused, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, has been ordered ...
DATE: Dec 13, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Court
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A rare white-winged dove has been spotted in Bermuda.
Andrew Dobson, president of the Audubon Society, said: “The native range of the white-winged dove is the Southwestern United States through Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
“In recent ye...
DATE: Dec 12, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s financial crisis and the battle to pull the island back from the brink of disaster has been chronicled in a book by Bob Richards, the former Minister of Finance.
Mr Richards left political life after he lost his seat to Christopher Famous i...
DATE: Dec 12, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell