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Unexpected losses at two Bermuda hotels were predicted to hit about $30 million by last spring, the head of the company that owns them told the Government. Karim Alibhai, the founder and principal of Gencom, apparently attached “pre and post- Covid-1...

Talks about the redevelopment of the Fairmont Southampton continued in the Government last week, a spokeswoman has confirmed. But officials did not answer a series of questions about problems that have dogged the redevelopment. A government spokeswom...

Caves at John Smith’s Bay are set to be largely filled in after slightly scaled-down plans to address coastal erosion at the beach were approved. Plans originally submitted proposed completely filling a series of caves on the eastern side of the Smit...

A charity for the blind’s headquarters has been hit by raiders four times in less than two weeks. Patrick Caton of Vision Bermuda said that construction equipment and building materials were stolen from the charity’s Cedar Avenue headquarters, which...

A group of civil servants has been recognised for their devotion to making Government business paper-free. The 11 staff were praised for their “outstanding achievement”, “admirable service delivery” and “exemplary public service”. The honours were t...

Island retailers have failed to satisfy customer demand which has sparked an increase in people buying online from overseas, a government minister claimed yesterday. Wayne Furbert, the Cabinet Office minister, admitted his wife was a fan of online sh...

Two more deaths from Covid-19 brought the pandemic death toll to 89, it was announced last night. There were 46 new coronavirus cases out of 3,438 rest results that came back to officials – a positivity rate of 1.3 per cent. But the number of active...

Three public schools have reopened their classrooms and 18 others have crossed the Covid-19 screening threshold to return to in-person teaching. Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said 21 of the islands 36 schools had received more than the 80...

The island’s top magistrate yesterday warned a man with a history of drug and alcohol abuse that he faced a lifetime on the wrong side of the law unless he tackled his problems. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe told Jaha Mallory, 37, that his escalation...

The island’s Ombudsman is to step down next March after eight years in the role. Victoria Pearman said she was proud of the work the office had carried out during her tenure – particularly faced with the “extraordinary challenges for us all” caused b...