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A Police Authority will bring greater emphasis on community policing, the national security minister said today.
Renée Ming said: “We are seeking to introduce a Police Authority which will comprise Government House, the Government, the police and lay...
DATE: Nov 17, 2020
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Covid-19 emergency regulations are to be extended into January next year.
MPs approved the order after Kim Wilson, the health minister, said the coronavirus continued to pose “a severe threat to public health”.
She added that emergency conditions imp...
DATE: Nov 16, 2020
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Laws designed to allow members of mixed-status families to apply for Bermudian status are just the beginning of changes to immigration legislation, the labour minister told the House of Assembly.
Jason Hayward said the “repatriation and mixed-status ...
DATE: Nov 16, 2020
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The Ministry of Finance has started an $11 million payout to cover redundancy for staff at the Fairmont Southampton after the hotel shut its doors for an 18 month renovation.
Staff yesterday called at the hotel, which closed last month, to collect ...
DATE: Nov 13, 2020
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Athletics coach Norbert Simons said yesterday he had fostered a “father and son” relationship with up-and-coming sprinter Clevonte Lodge-Bean.
But last Sunday “everything changed” for the Bermuda Pacers Track Club coach and the college-bound 18-year...
DATE: Nov 13, 2020
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A senior who waited almost a year for her brother’s death certificate has joined a chorus of criticism over delays in issuing the documents.
But a funeral home director with 16 years’ experience said a lag of nine months or more had been routine in t...
DATE: Nov 13, 2020
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Legislators will return to the House of Assembly today to debate last week’s Throne Speech.
Cole Simons, the Leader of the Opposition, will deliver the One Bermuda Alliance’s Reply to the Throne Speech and the debate is expected to go on much of the ...
DATE: Nov 13, 2020
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An 18-year-old record-breaking runner was yesterday identified as the victim of a fatal weekend crash.
Clevonte Lodge-Bean was named by the Berkeley Institute, where he studied, in a letter to staff and pupils.
The Bermuda National Athletics Associat...
DATE: Nov 10, 2020
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Borrowers and mortgage-holders will receive “enhanced protection” when new legislation is brought to Parliament, it was announced today.
And Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said landlords and tenants would see laws governing their rights...
DATE: Nov 10, 2020
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Plans to offer long term residency for investors in Bermuda will not equate to cash for citizenship, Jason Hayward, the labour minister, said this afternoon.
Mr Hayward was speaking on the Government’s plans to revise the long-term residential certif...
DATE: Nov 10, 2020
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