9021 results returned for search: "" category "News" author Jonathan Bell
The Hamilton Princess and Beach Club has been named the official hotel of the 35th America’s Cup.
A statement from the America’s Cup Authority noted the hotel’s recent $100 million renovations.
Harvey Schiller, the commercial commissioner for the 201...
DATE: Jul 28, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Event
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Hospitality is the name of the game for 17-year-old Kayla Williams — and literally, since she came out of the Miss Bermuda Pageant without the crown but as Miss Hospitality instead.
Now, courtesy of the MEF group of restaurants, Kayla is in her eleme...
DATE: Jul 27, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A hike in Bermuda’s departure fees for air travellers has been approved by the Senate over Opposition misgivings.
It came as Finance Minister Bob Richards told The Royal Gazette that a “go or no-go decision” would be made in the coming weeks on the d...
DATE: Jul 27, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 2011 survey of students in public and private schools showed that 21 per cent reported attacking someone with “the intent to seriously harm” and eight per cent identified themselves as being in a gang.
The figures were given as Jeff Baron, the Juni...
DATE: Jul 27, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Ground penetrating radar, rather than the “invasive” method of drilling into rock, could be used under revised plans to develop Tucker’s Point.
The 2011 Special Development Order for the property was amended by the Senate to permit other measures for...
DATE: Jul 27, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A walled-off area surrounding the roadside cenotaph monument by Christ Anglican Church, Devonshire, has taken two severe hits in six months.
However, the crashes have not put the church out of pocket, according to Canon James Francis.
“We find out wh...
DATE: Jul 27, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The night of July 19, 2012 was very nearly the last for Lance Furbert, Bermuda’s former curator of forts, who this week met the couple who saved his life against astounding odds.
On that day, holidaying with his wife Margo in the wilds of Yellowstone...
DATE: Jul 25, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The number of people now entitled to work in Bermuda permit-free under a new legal precedent delivered by the Supreme Court excludes the “vast majority” of work permit holders.
However, Peter Sanderson, the lawyer behind the latest ruling, cautioned ...
DATE: Jul 24, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A woman has cried foul after being discharged from the hospital’s emergency room, claiming she was turned away because staff there refused to take her complaint seriously.
Saudia Virgil told The Royal Gazette she had to call for an ambulance on Sunda...
DATE: Jul 24, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A failure to increase the population will result in everyone getting poorer, according to economist Peter Everson.
“For Bermuda, the reality is stark,” Mr Everson told The Royal Gazette as he reflected on a poll showing more than half of people do no...
DATE: Jul 24, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell