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The Opposition’s Budget reply was last night criticised by government MPs as too long – but short on substance.
Wayne Furbert, the Cabinet Office Minister, attacked a claim by Cole Simons’, the leader of the One Bermuda Alliance, that payroll tax wou...
DATE: Mar 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Opposition’s Reply to the Budget statement amounted to “two hours of rhetoric” closer in tone to a Throne Speech reply, the economy and labour minister claimed yesterday.
Jason Hayward told the House of Assembly that “all of Bermuda should be dis...
DATE: Mar 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A charity donation option through an insurance company has been extended, it was announced.
CG Insurance launched “Renew. Save. Donate” in November, to give clients the chance to pass on automatic discounts from their home or motor insurance policy r...
DATE: Mar 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Welcome to The Royal Gazette’s live coverage of today’s House of Assembly. We will be bringing live updates of the main Budget debate, and much more
DATE: Mar 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Covid-19 restrictions will be relaxed further from 6am today, health officials said last night.
Large group sizes will be capped at 200 – up from 100 – and tables in restaurants, bars and clubs will not be limited to a maximum of ten people.
The ann...
DATE: Mar 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Residents of St David’s and visitors to the island have appealed for a supermarket to fill a major gap in the area.
Almost a fifth of people who responded to a survey about the area said that the lack of somewhere to buy groceries was their biggest ...
DATE: Mar 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The National Sports Centre is to get a bit greener with new energy-efficient lights expected to slash its electricity bills.
Craig Tyrrell, the operations manager at the Devonshire stadium, said the switch to LED bulbs was part of a drive towards cut...
DATE: Mar 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
International Women’s Day will be celebrated next week.
The IWD Bermuda Committee invited participants to take pictures at the purple flower wall at Hamilton City Hall.
Purple symbolises women’s suffrage.
Guests at next Tuesday“s event will be invite...
DATE: Mar 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Convex End-to-End celebrated a return to normality at its launch for this year’s event last night.
Organisers gathered with sponsors at the Hamilton Princess Hotel to announce the 35th Annual Convex End-to-End would be held on May 7 after the eve...
DATE: Mar 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Online learning for prisoners is the end goal for a campaign to help bring books to Westgate jail, it has been revealed.
The news came as a book donation drive announced last week was backed by trades unions.
Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermu...
DATE: Mar 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell