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The Government is looking into procuring electric motorcycles for the Bermuda Post Office, according to a Request for Information.
The RFI, published on the Government’s procurement website on Monday, said the electric motorcycles could replace the c...
DATE: Aug 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Air service to Bermuda is scheduled to drop next month as services to Newark, Miami and the Azores all halt.
United Airlines is set to end its seasonal service to Newark on September 6, while American Airlines will temporarily suspend its daily servi...
DATE: Aug 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Planning officials have urged the Minister of Home Affairs to reject a conservation management plan for a Tucker’s Point property after the developers cleared a swath of nature reserve to create an ocean view.
According to planning documents, RWTP Go...
DATE: Aug 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A renovated and revamped Pier 6 will be ready to host events this Fall, the City of Hamilton has announced.
Jessica Astwood, director of marketing and communications for the City, said: “Our engineering teams have designed Pier 6 Waterfront Complex t...
DATE: Aug 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Plans to build a new warehouse to serve the Ocean View Golf Course have been rejected over the location of the project on woodlands reserve.
The project was originally proposed for a site occupied by the existing warehouse, but plans were shifted aft...
DATE: Aug 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, met with representatives from the Caribbean this week as the region prepares for the COP 27 climate conference in Egypt.
Mr Roban travelled to Nassau in the Bahamas to take part in the First Regional Heads ...
DATE: Aug 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Work on the St George’s Marina project is under way, with the goal of the first phase being completed before next spring.
Mark Soares of Bermuda Yacht Services said yesterday that while the project was still in its early goings, work was proceeding w...
DATE: Aug 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The public has been warned against releasing pets into the wild after reports of several guinea pigs being dumped at Spittal Pond Nature Reserve.
A spokesman for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources said: “While guinea pigs are trendy ...
DATE: Aug 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermudian performers will take to the spotlight this weekend as the Made in Bermuda Nights event series returns after a two-year hiatus.
The event series – a collaboration between the Bermuda Tourism Authority and PinkSand Entertainment – is intended...
DATE: Aug 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda National Trust has raised concerns about potential disturbance of graves at a Southampton church after work was carried out in the graveyard without planning permission.
Earlier this summer, St Anne’s Church sought retroactive planning ap...
DATE: Aug 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes