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A south shore hotel project has been granted financial relief from Government as it seeks to expand its inventory.
David Burt, the Premier, said the developers behind the Azura Hotel and Residences in Warwick had purchased the neighbouring Nautilus p...
DATE: Jul 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A review of the island’s litigation guardian system – to represent children in court – has begun in collaboration with the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Tinee Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors, told the House of Assembly o...
DATE: Jul 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police are on the look out for a man who repeatedly stabbed a 56-year-old motorist in a fight following two collisions on Thursday.
A police spokesman said officers went to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital at 8pm on Thursday after they received repo...
DATE: Jul 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Skyport was paid almost $7.6 million this week as part of the latest payout over the airport’s minimum revenue guarantee.
Lawrence Scott, the Minister of Transport, told MPs that the Bermuda Airport Authority had now made four payments to the develop...
DATE: Jul 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Urgent action is needed to refurbish ageing equipment at Tynes Bay, the House of Assembly heard yesterday.
Diallo Rabain, speaking on behalf of the Minister of Public Works, said: “Many of you may recall that the plant is now over 25 years old and ha...
DATE: Jul 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Historians and a Government Ministry have urged the Ocean View Golf Course to reconsider plans to demolish a historic building where, as a slave, Mary Prince was prepared for sale.
According to a planning application, the club intends to tear down an...
DATE: Jul 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Legislation to formally extend the Covid-19 public health emergency to the end of September is expected to be debated in the House of Assembly today.
The Public Health (Covid-19) Emergency Extension (No. 4) Order 2021, tabled in the House last week, ...
DATE: Jul 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who punched an elderly person leaving him unconscious and needing overseas treatment yesterday admitted a charge of wounding a senior with intent to disable him.
The Supreme Court heard Alvin Leverock, 41, who has spent the last 18 months in cu...
DATE: Jul 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A scavenger hunt organised by the City of Hamilton has been postponed over concerns about wet weather.
While the event was scheduled to take place tomorrow and Saturday, it will now run on August 13 and 14.
Teams that have already signed up will be ...
DATE: Jul 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Event
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The public is being asked to be patient while the Ministry of Public Works joins forces with the Royal Bermuda Regiment and Belco to trim trees along South Shore Road in Warwick and Southampton.
A Government spokeswoman said: “The teams will be cutti...
DATE: Jul 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes