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A former chairman of the Progressive Labour Party who resigned his post after demanding that his company should be first in line for Government contracts has been awarded a $3.2 million contract by a Government quango.
Damon Wade’s company, Atlantic ...
DATE: Jul 03, 2021
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government overpaid $3.5 million in unemployment benefits during the Covid-19 lockdowns, the finance minister admitted yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson said about 2,500 people – or one in four of those who received the benefit – were overpaid an average ...
DATE: Jul 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government has earned almost $5.5 million in fees generated from controversial travel authorisation forms, it has been revealed.
But it has also paid out more than $500,000 to the company that created the software to create the TAFs and to manage the...
DATE: Jul 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Mandatory hotel quarantining will be in place for at least another three months – despite claims by the Premier that the controversial policy could be ditched as soon as Bermuda achieves herd immunity from the Covid-19 virus.
David Burt made the pled...
DATE: Jul 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Senators rattled through the orders of the day in today’s Upper House yesterday, wrapping up the session in just over half-an-hour.
Senator Arianna Hodgson, the junior minister of finance, presented the Economic Substance Amendment Act – the first ...
DATE: Jul 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The policing of Bermuda’s roads is to be ramped up in a bid to stem a recent rise in traffic fatalities, accidents and offences.
The Bermuda Police Service’s traffic unit is to be expanded and technology such as CCTV and speed cameras will be upgrade...
DATE: Jun 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Several hundred people gathered at the Cabinet Office yesterday to present a series of demands to end travel restrictions and other Covid-19 prevention measures.
The demands were presented to David Burt, the Premier, at about 11.40am.
The demands,...
DATE: Jun 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Opposition has called for Covid-19 travel regulations to be relaxed, insisting that the island’s border could still be protected with less stringent measures.
Michael Dunkley, the shadow national security minister, said controversial Travel Autho...
DATE: Jun 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A webinar featuring international archaeologists discussing the latest research into the Tucker’s Town free black cemetery will be held tomorrow.
The panel discussion, Decolonising Archaeology in Bermuda, was organised by Citizens Uprooting Racism in...
DATE: Jun 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A suspect is in police custody following a hit-and-run collision in which a motorcycle rider was killed.
Ra-Che Williams, 23, died after the incident on Knapton Estate Road in Smith’s yesterday morning. A car also involved in the crash left the scene...
DATE: Jun 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan