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Opposition MP Craig Cannonier is calling on Government to provide details of the controversial $3.2 million contract to install solar panels at the National Sports Centre.
The contract was finally awarded to contractor Atlantic Energy Solutions Group...
DATE: Jul 23, 2021
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government’s short term economic stimulus plan will provide affordable homes as well as jobs, according to a Government Minister.
David Burch, the minister for public works said that $1.6 million was being spent on renovating 17 Bermuda Housing Corpo...
DATE: Jul 22, 2021
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government has passed legislation that will enable it to recover overpayments of unemployment benefit more effectively.
The Public Treasury (Administration and Payments) Amendment and Validation Act 2021 (the Act) was passed in the House of Assembly ...
DATE: Jul 19, 2021
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A senior civil servant was told last month of concerns over a $3.2 million contract to install solar panels at the National Sports Centre.
Jennifer Attride-Stirling, the permanent secretary of the ministry of sport was told about the concerns at a m...
DATE: Jul 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
David Burt, the Premier, has been accused of dodging Parliamentary debate on controversial Covid-19 quarantine regulations for a second time.
Government tabled the order making hotel quarantines mandatory for non-immunised arrivals at the end of last...
DATE: Jul 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
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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CATEGORY:
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
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
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