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The Government will have to pay almost $130 million in interest on its debt in the new financial year, MPs have heard.
David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance, said: “Of this estimate, $127.2 million represents ongoing debt service costs, whi...
DATE: Mar 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An online shopping and shipping service set up by the Bermuda Post Office is back in action after it was hacked in a ransomware incident.
The MyBermudaPost website, a joint venture with Florida-based shippers MyUS, was been down for a week after it w...
DATE: Mar 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Plans to turn the Corporations of Hamilton and St George into quangos look likely to go ahead after a Court of Appeal ruling
DATE: Mar 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A new airline flying from Bermuda could take off later this year.
Coral Jet has submitted an application to the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority for an air operator’s certificate.
The company has also advertised for pilots to be based in Bermuda.
An...
DATE: Mar 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Emergency services will take part in an oil spill exercise in the east end today.
The Royal Bermuda Regiment, Marine and Ports staff, the coastguard and firefighters will take part in the drill at Whalebone Bay, Ferry Reach, to test the island’s abil...
DATE: Mar 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Plans for a vertical farm facility to produce leafy greens have been condemned by farmers.
The Bermuda Farmers’ Association claims that the $3.2 million government project is not financially viable in Bermuda because of high energy costs, and will no...
DATE: Mar 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Car licence fees will be cut from April 1 after legislation was passed in the House of Assembly tonight.
Drivers will see the cost of an annual vehicle licence cut by 10 per cent after MPs backed the Motor Car Amendment Act 2022.
The amendment, pres...
DATE: Mar 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Police are warning of traffic delays after a serious road traffic accident on Middle Road in Devonshire this afternoon.
The single-vehicle accident happened near the junction with Orange Valley Road, reducing traffic to a single lane.
A police spoke...
DATE: Mar 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A new care centre for young adults will be up and running later this year, the social development minister has promised.
Tinée Furbert said that the new centre would ensure that children under the care of the Department of Child and Family Services w...
DATE: Mar 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A baby drowned yesterday after a car ploughed through a fence and plunged into the sea.
The car, with a woman and two children inside, went into the water at Shark Hole in Hamilton Parish.
Rescuers jumped into the water and freed the woman and the ol...
DATE: Mar 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan