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A number of litigation guardians who represent children in court have now been appointed following months of training.
Tinee Furburt, the Minister for Social Development, made the announcement in the House of Assembly yesterday morning.
She did not s...
DATE: Jul 02, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A shortage of properties is pushing up rental prices, with increases of as much as 30 per cent in the past 12 months, according to realtors.
Digital nomads moving to Bermuda on one-year residency permits were one reason for the squeeze on the availab...
DATE: Jun 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The cost of some food items has increased by almost 30 per cent in the past year, according to the latest figures.
Statistics released by the Government’s Department of Statistics yesterday show that the price of some meat, fresh fruit and vegetable...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Premier and the Opposition leader have clashed over the escalating cost of living on the island.
The war of words began after David Burt, who is also the Minister of Finance, said inflation in Bermuda was lower than other jurisdictions in part be...
DATE: Jun 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Controversial financial breaks for the massive $376 million revamp of the Fairmont Southampton hotel complex were passed by the Senate yesterday after a clash over constitutional procedure.
The One Bermuda Alliance attempted to table a raft of amendm...
DATE: May 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Vance Campbell: Minister of Tourism: “This Government is determined to provide dignified work and economic security for its people. I urge the unanimous support of Honourable Members. This is the “new mindset of change” we must embrace. We have a...
DATE: May 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A war of words has broken out between the island’s two political parties ahead of today’s parliamentary debate on the Fairmont Southampton Hotel Act.
The bill, tabled by Tourism Minister Vance Campbell during a special sitting of the chamber two we...
DATE: May 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The battle to save the Corporation of Hamilton is to go to Bermuda’s highest court of appeal, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The Corporation of Hamilton is to lodge an appeal with the Privy Council in London in a last-ditch attempt to block government...
DATE: Apr 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Britons who have lived abroad for more than 15 years will get the right to vote in British general elections after a legal change was passed in the House of Lords.
British citizens at present lose the right to vote if they have been abroad for more t...
DATE: Apr 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Senate heard that “smoking weed” should not be seen as normal as the Upper House split down the middle on a vote yesterday on whether to legalise cannabis.
The vote on the second reading of the Cannabis Licensing Act 2022 was tied — but under pa...
DATE: Mar 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan