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	<title>Comments on: Video: Minister Rabain Press Conference</title>
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		<title>By: LOL</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2025/11/live-video-minister-rabain-press-conference-6/#comment-5998071</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LOL]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 17:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Thank you Minister Rabian and Government for getting this project moving in the correct direction.&quot;

LMFAO]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Thank you Minister Rabian and Government for getting this project moving in the correct direction.&#8221;</p>
<p>LMFAO</p>
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		<title>By: Kim Smith</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kim Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Phases of this project will still be submitted as a planning application to the Department of Planning for final approval.&quot;

Yes, of course, the plans will need to be submitted as planning applications but it is unlikely that any objection at the later Planning application stage will have any impact.  That is why it is critically important that any objection to an SDO be expressed PRIOR to the approval of an SDO.

It will be very important to know precisely what (of the plan that was approved by the former Minister, Walter Roban, in 2023) was &quot;improved and refined&quot;.  It is important to know if those improvements and refinements were of such a degree as to warrant another public review, particularly by the many who had concerns and/or objections to what is being proposed for this large development.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Phases of this project will still be submitted as a planning application to the Department of Planning for final approval.&#8221;</p>
<p>Yes, of course, the plans will need to be submitted as planning applications but it is unlikely that any objection at the later Planning application stage will have any impact.  That is why it is critically important that any objection to an SDO be expressed PRIOR to the approval of an SDO.</p>
<p>It will be very important to know precisely what (of the plan that was approved by the former Minister, Walter Roban, in 2023) was &#8220;improved and refined&#8221;.  It is important to know if those improvements and refinements were of such a degree as to warrant another public review, particularly by the many who had concerns and/or objections to what is being proposed for this large development.</p>
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		<title>By: Joe Bloggs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;I am finding it hard to believe these numbers are accurate&quot;

Are you suggesting that a sitting MP might deceive the people of Bermuda?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I am finding it hard to believe these numbers are accurate&#8221;</p>
<p>Are you suggesting that a sitting MP might deceive the people of Bermuda?</p>
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		<title>By: David R Smith</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David R Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 03:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you Minister Rabian and Government for getting this project moving in the correct direction. 

 What ever support the Government can give now or Fairmont / developer eg. Training Bermudians etc even through sponsorships with over seas assignments @ Fairmont s should be encouraged.  Getting staff up to the “Fairmont standards / culture will hopefully insure success. 
This is the time to establish  budget for this, no at time it opens 

I understand the Government has an interest in this project through guarantees, it is critical that a seasoned  construction  consultant be retained by Government to represent and sign off on the development.as it progresses.  To assure actual costs etc. The must be assurance that what has been guaranteed I by Government is fulfilled.
 This is practical due diligence]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you Minister Rabian and Government for getting this project moving in the correct direction. </p>
<p> What ever support the Government can give now or Fairmont / developer eg. Training Bermudians etc even through sponsorships with over seas assignments @ Fairmont s should be encouraged.  Getting staff up to the “Fairmont standards / culture will hopefully insure success.<br />
This is the time to establish  budget for this, no at time it opens </p>
<p>I understand the Government has an interest in this project through guarantees, it is critical that a seasoned  construction  consultant be retained by Government to represent and sign off on the development.as it progresses.  To assure actual costs etc. The must be assurance that what has been guaranteed I by Government is fulfilled.<br />
 This is practical due diligence</p>
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		<title>By: mixitup</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mixitup]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 22:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are destroying the very this that make this place what it is, just to heap on more and more concrete.. As if SHP wasn&#039;t the biggest building on the Island as is.  SMH]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We are destroying the very this that make this place what it is, just to heap on more and more concrete.. As if SHP wasn&#8217;t the biggest building on the Island as is.  SMH</p>
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		<title>By: BermudaRasta</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2025/11/live-video-minister-rabain-press-conference-6/#comment-5997994</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BermudaRasta]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 22:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rabain says &#039;242 Bermudians/Spouses of Bermudians and PRC holders&#039; have worked on the project. Does this mean full time or part time? Regardless I am finding it hard to believe these numbers are accurate.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rabain says &#8217;242 Bermudians/Spouses of Bermudians and PRC holders&#8217; have worked on the project. Does this mean full time or part time? Regardless I am finding it hard to believe these numbers are accurate.</p>
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