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Royal Caribbean International scrapped plans to send cruise ships to Bermuda this summer because of the Government’s insistence that all passengers had to be vaccinated, it was revealed yesterday.
Lawrence Scott, the transport minister, said that oth...
DATE: Jun 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Bermuda Zoological Society has held an online workshop for non-governmental organisations that showed how to gather statistics to measure the success of academic programmes.
A BZS spokeswoman said the aim of the one-day virtual workshop was “to h...
DATE: Jun 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
“Every aspect” of the island’s public transport system will feel the pinch from a weeklong union restriction on working hours, the transport minister warned.
Lawrence Scott said bus cancellations could reach as many as 100 routes a day and ferry rout...
DATE: Jun 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bus and ferry schedules are likely to be disrupted as a result of union action this week.
Members of the Bermuda Industrial Union are currently working to rule due to a dispute with Government over new decertification rules.
This morning a spokeswom...
DATE: Jun 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A bid to temporarily block mandatory quarantine laws for travellers not vaccinated against Covid-19 was rejected because the applicants failed to show that they would suffer “irreparable harm” under the proposed law.
At a hearing last Friday three pe...
DATE: Jun 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Food prices have skyrocketed in the past year and more increases are likely, grocery stores warned yesterday.
Supermarket chains claimed they were doing all they could to keep prices down, but that they were fighting factors beyond their control.
Ret...
DATE: Jun 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Corporation of Hamilton is inviting local artists to submit proposals for the design and execution of the Washington Lane Mosaics Project.
The project is part of corporation’s public art initiative which aims to enliven areas in the city through ...
DATE: Jun 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A couple have donated $2,500 to the Bermuda Hospitals Board to show their appreciation for nursing staff.
Richard and Rebecca Wilson made the donation during Nurses Appreciation Month last month, saying they were grateful for the sacrifices health wo...
DATE: Jun 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government senators have been accused of being unprepared after they failed to take part in a debate on the future of development.
During yesterday’s session of the Upper House, Lindsay Simmons, the junior minister for home affairs presented The Berm...
DATE: Jun 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
About 60 digital nomads employed by a billion-dollar data and software company in Bermuda are leaving the island after less than a year.
But a spokeswoman for Afiniti insisted that the company is committed to growing its presence in Bermuda.
Afiniti ...
DATE: Jun 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan