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The Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission is to get sweeping new powers over betting shops with a change in legislation expected in the year ahead, the senior magistrate revealed yesterday [WEDNESDAY].
Juan Wolffe, chairman of the Betting Licence Authorit...
DATE: Feb 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Young people across Bermuda have received practical training in the skills to make the grade in the Duke of Edinburgh Awards.
The classes were given to participants in the open awards, which are for young people who do not get access to the programme...
DATE: Feb 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Maximum prices will be set for commonly used drugs under new legislation tabled in the House of Assembly this morning.
Tabling amendments to the Bermuda Health Council Amendment Act, health minister Kim Wilson said it heralded “important and overdue ...
DATE: Feb 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Government will be “held to account for its most recent activities” in the battle against the coronavirus as emergency health regulations go before MPs to be extended today in the House of Assembly.
A string of Covid-19 regulations are scheduled ...
DATE: Feb 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government backbenchers will be allowed a conscience vote on introducing the island’s first legal cannabis regime.
And the Opposition One Bermuda Alliance signalled ahead of the debate in the House of Assembly that it is opposed to sweeping legislati...
DATE: Feb 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
“Short term pain will lead to long term gain” for drivers as Belco in tandem with the Government prepares to dig up Middle Road in Warwick starting on Monday.
The dig will close the westbound lane of the road, with trenching to be carried out between...
DATE: Feb 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Repairing the storm-damaged entrance to Elbow Beach is “high on the list” of jobs to be addressed by the Government, the public works minister said yesterday.
Barricades and caution markings were put across the staircase to the beach today by the D...
DATE: Feb 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island’s 48 new Royal Bermuda Regiment recruits got a visit on Monday from Rena Lalgie, the Governor and Commander-in-Chief.
Ms Lalgie toured Warwick Camp with Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin Beasley, the Commanding Officer, and spoke with some of th...
DATE: Feb 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two women sustained minor injuries after falling from a motorcycle yesterday morning when another rider snatched a chain off the driver’s neck.
A police spokesman said the robbery occurred at 9.30am on Ord Road, Paget, near the junction with Cherry H...
DATE: Feb 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A member of the public has called for access to one of the island’s top beaches to be restored five months after a hurricane battered the entry to Elbow Beach.
The popular South Shore beach in Paget bore the brunt of storm surge from Hurricane Teddy,...
DATE: Feb 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell