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Electric vehicles brought to the island will be subject to import duty — although the transport minister said it was too early to say when.
Wayne Furbert, speaking at a press conference yesterday in the wake of the 2022 Throne Speech, said that he ha...
DATE: Nov 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Pesticides, including the controversial weedkiller Roundup, are to get tighter governmental oversight, according to Kim Wilson, the health minister.
The glyphosate-based product, manufactured by the agrochemical firm Monsanto, has come under fire as ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A grandmother who hoped her granddaughter would become a lawyer got her wish at a ceremony in the Supreme Court as Nicole Yearwood joined the Bermuda Bar.
Ms Yearwood was embarking on a career at a major Bermuda reinsurance firm when her experiences ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
It would have been frequently used back in the days when Government House had a full team of horses and grooms on call.
Now a Brewster Victoria horse-drawn carriage that has sat in storage at Government House at Langton Hill in Pembroke is headed for...
DATE: Nov 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
In a first for the island, young Bermudian McKenzie-Kohl Tuckett, former Youth Premier, has delivered a speech in the British House of Commons to mark UK Youth Parliament Day.
Speaking on Friday at the same dispatch box used by the British prime mini...
DATE: Nov 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Opposition has applauded news of the Government’s decision, announced after the Throne Speech, to drop the Travel Authorisation form with its $40 fee as of November 13.
But Michael Dunkley, the shadow health minister and an outspoken critic of th...
DATE: Nov 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bermudian surgeon remains astonished by his luck at taking to the streets of New York tomorrow in the city’s world-renowned annual marathon.
If chance had not stacked the deck “remarkably” in his favour, John Harvey would have died three years ago,...
DATE: Nov 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The controversial Travel Authorisation form imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic is to be dropped three weeks earlier than previously announced.
The Government announced yesterday that the TA’s elimination would be effective November 13, saying the m...
DATE: Nov 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A popular community market is back tomorrow, two years after it launched with just a few stalls to its name.
The vendors market at Brenda’s Pool on South Shore in Warwick was kick-started by area MP Lawrence Scott in 2020.
The weekly market, which no...
DATE: Nov 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Parenting tips for fathers were shared at the launch of the Child Development Programme’s five-week fatherhood series.
Diallo Rabain, the education minister, said it was “crucial for our fathers and all the men in our community to feel supported, und...
DATE: Nov 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell