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Drivers were warned to take care on Sunday morning for the Bermuda Bicycle Association President’s Cup Road Race.
The race is from 7.30am to 10.30am, with the route under the control of police and race officials. There will be no road closures or par...
DATE: Nov 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An “evolving blueprint” for Bermuda’s culture, and a podium for young people to have more say in government policy, are planned for the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Sports in the year ahead.
Ernest Peets spoke on the Throne Speech plans laid out ...
DATE: Nov 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Tinée Furbert, the new Minister of Social Development and Seniors, pledged to bring “change where it is needed the most” for the island’s youth and elderly.
Ms Furbert said the new Children’s Commission, pledged to replace the “outdated“ Child Care P...
DATE: Nov 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Visitors to Bermuda will be required to have a negative coronavirus test no more than five days before their departure to Bermuda, health minister Kim Wilson said tonight.
Non-residents were earlier required to have a negative test inside seven days ...
DATE: Nov 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
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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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
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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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
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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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
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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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
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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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
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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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell