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David Burt, the Premier and tourism minister, presented cruise ship captain Terje Hvidsten with a cedar plaque at a welcoming ceremony on Wednesday.
Captain Hvidsten is currently on the island with the cruise ship Viking Orion, which is based out of...
DATE: Jun 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
People looking to put on functions for more than 100 guests are being asked not to submit applications until next Monday, June 28.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Sport, which has taken over responsibility for granting exemptions...
DATE: Jun 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Travelling residents are still being blocked from boarding flights to Bermuda because travel regulations listed on Government’s website have not been updated, it has been revealed.
Last Friday, Government jettisoned a controversial directive groundin...
DATE: Jun 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A union leader is calling for tougher penalties for “unscrupulous employers” who try to weaken union representation.
Armell Thomas, the president of the the Bermuda Public Service Union, said membership in some bargaining units was under threat from ...
DATE: Jun 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Premier was last night accused of a failure to take responsibility for an about-turn on Covid-19 safety regulations that has caused confusion for Bermudians trying to get home.
The One Bermuda Alliance went on the attack after David Burt denied t...
DATE: Jun 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Doctors were forced to cancel hundreds of non-emergency operations because of the recent spike in coronavirus cases.
Wesley Miller, the chief of staff at the Bermuda Hospitals Board, said that elective surgery had to be postponed between March and Ma...
DATE: Jun 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A 33-year-old man was in critical condition in hospital tonight after the car he was a passenger in overturned on the National Heroes Day weekend.
Police said the man was in intensive care at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital after the crash, whi...
DATE: Jun 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
When Terry Norsworthy had a stroke last year, his life changed dramatically.
The 60-year-old IT manager, who was left paralysed down his left side, was confined to a wheelchair and had to retire.
But perhaps his biggest regret was that he and his wif...
DATE: Jun 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Charities have been accused of “approaching their work backwards” – by finding a solution, and then looking for a problem to solve, a study has claimed.
The report warned: “Too many third sector self-improvement efforts approach their work backwards...
DATE: Jun 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Opposition has slammed a Government decision to introduce mandatory hotel quarantines without a debate in Parliament.
Mark Pettingill, the lawyer for a protest group that questioned the legality of the order, also condemned the decision to bypass...
DATE: Jun 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan