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The finance minister today signalled that a special fund created as the Government’s piggy bank would be used to cover a Budget deficit.
Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, said the Government expected to be short by $124.5 million in the 2021/22...
DATE: Feb 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Royal Gazette offers a Budget overview with the highlights to take away in the wake of an unprecedented year – with “recovery” the key word for the year ahead. You can find the full article here.
We have posted the YouTube video of the Speech...
DATE: Feb 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
House parties last weekend may have been the source of two new coronavirus infections, the health minister said last night.
Kim Wilson appealed to anyone who went to weekend social gatherings to book a coronavirus test as soon as possible.
Ms Wilson ...
DATE: Feb 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A teenage stab victim was last night in “serious but stable condition” after he was knifed in the chest at Hamilton Bus Terminal.
The 16-year-old boy is being treated in the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s intensive care unit after emergency surg...
DATE: Feb 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Airport operators Skyport yesterday released details of its flight schedule for March – which included a British Airways service move to Heathrow from Gatwick.
Delta will now operate three weekly flights to JFK in New York, up from two weekly flight...
DATE: Feb 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A campaign group for the elderly has welcomed a move to increase the age for mandatory driving retests.
But Claudette Fleming, the executive director of Age Concern questioned if the legislation for driver’s licences should still be framed around “ol...
DATE: Feb 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 10 per cent public sector pay cut last year will not be extended in the 2021-22 Budget, the Premier revealed tonight.
David Burt wrote on twitter: “We are most proud to recognise the sacrifice of public sector workers by presenting a budget that do...
DATE: Feb 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s response to the pandemic has put the island in “a socially engineered bubble”, the leader of the Free Democratic Movement has claimed.
Marc Bean, who said he had been travelling during the pandemic, returned to the island last week to atten...
DATE: Feb 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Post office hours will be changed next week while staff meetings are held to discuss upgrades.
The Bermuda Post Office advised that on Monday, the eastern sub post offices in Devonshire, Flatts, Crawl and St George’s will open from 10am to 4pm.
The w...
DATE: Feb 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A replica of the Bermuda Sloop Foundation’s Spirit of Bermuda has dropped anchor at the offices of one of the charity’s top supporters.
The Argus Group, which has also donated office space to the youth development group, was presented with a cedar mo...
DATE: Feb 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell