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A claim that the Ministry of Finance owed a sanitation firm more than $900,000 for clean-up work at Morgan’s Point has been thrown out by a judge.
Hunt’s Sanitation Services, run by Nelson Hunt, claimed it was owned $908,766 for remediation and clean...
DATE: May 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The St Regis Bermuda resort in St George’s has welcomed its first guests after a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the weekend.
David Burt, the Premier, said the opening of the luxury hotel on Saturday was “another major step forward in the start of the tou...
DATE: May 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bad smells have forced efforts to market a disused resort to be put on hold, MPs heard on Friday.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, told the House of Assembly that the decision to halt the bid to get the former 9 Beaches r...
DATE: May 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Subtropical Storm Ana – the first named storm of the year – is expected to move past Bermuda today.
The Bermuda Weather Service said at 6am that a Tropical Storm Watch is in force but the system is expected to remain more than 180 miles from the isla...
DATE: May 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Another five coronavirus cases were confirmed last night – but the number of active infections dropped to 73.
A Ministry of Health spokeswoman said the new cases were among 1,029 test results received since yesterday.
Two of the cases came in from ov...
DATE: May 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A campaign group said yesterday it will consider further action against a decision by the Regulatory Authority to lift a moratorium on 5G wireless technology.
A spokesman for Bermuda Advocates for Safe Technology said the group’s concerns about the p...
DATE: May 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Royal Caribbean has cancelled plans to homeport its Vision of the Seas ship in Bermuda for seven-night cruises to the Bahamas.
But Lawrence Scott, the transport minister, said it was hoped that the cruise company would be able to resume normal schedu...
DATE: May 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A total of four new coronavirus cases were detected yesterday – but the number of active cases has dropped to less than 100.
The new cases were among 1,212 test results that came back to heath officials since the last update.
There are 85 active case...
DATE: May 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Tropical Storm Watch was yesterday issued as meteorologists continue to monitor a low pressure system off Bermuda.
The system, which could potentially develop into a tropical or subtropical storm – was about 650 miles east-northeast of the island a...
DATE: May 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A plan to test Bermuda beeswax as a potential satellite fuel is just a part of a major effort to build the island’s space economy, a Government minister said today.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said the Government was working on a memo...
DATE: May 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes