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A dispute over a roadside hedge near an accident hotspot could end with the landowner being ordered to move the bushes.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the public works minister, told MPs on Friday that the best solution might “appease the majority o...
DATE: May 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Campaigns
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Government’s 50th annual summer day camps are to go ahead on July 5, with online registration starting from 9.30am next Wednesday.
Camps, for children aged four to 14, cost $60 a week.
Enrolment can be done through the Department of Youth, Sport ...
DATE: May 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new plan guiding “the development of Bermuda for many years to come” was tabled on Friday in the House of Assembly.
Tabling The Bermuda Plan 2018 Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, told MPs: “It is the product of consultation with the public...
DATE: May 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A minimum wage is not recommended for workers aged under 18 or staff in family businesses who are related to the owner, a special report said yesterday.
The independent Wage Commission report, tabled in the House of Assembly, also recommended that li...
DATE: May 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A power price cut need not mean future rate increases for electricity supplier Belco, the energy watchdog has said.
The Regulatory Authority made the announcement after it reached an agreement with Belco for a small cut in power bills from June 1 to...
DATE: May 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A long awaited shipment of computers for public primary school pupils will reach youngsters at the government camp programme this summer.
Diallo Rabain, the education minister, said a shipment of 1,601 Chromebooks, ordered in August 2020, had finally...
DATE: May 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Cup Match could return this summer after the launch of a hi-tech programme to check people’s coronavirus vaccination and test status, the Premier said.
David Burt told the House of Assembly the SafeKey phone-readable code would prove the holder had b...
DATE: May 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island’s top hospital physician yesterday appealed to people to get vaccinated after it was revealed thousands of doses had to be used before they were ruled out of date.
Nevin Williams, the director of the hospitalist service at the Bermuda Hosp...
DATE: May 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A report on the introduction of a minimum wage for Bermuda will be tabled today in the House of Assembly.
David Burt, the Premier, will discuss the launch of the electronic Covid-19 Safe Key scheme.
Mr Burt will detail the pilot programme to allow pe...
DATE: May 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
HSBC is to reopen its Church Street branch in Hamilton from Monday.
The branch will be open from 9am to 4pm.
Customers must wear face coverings or masks on the premises, in line with Government advice.
They were also advised to use online banking as ...
DATE: May 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell