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Up to 75 uniformed services jobs are under threat from cutbacks, the One Bermuda Alliance claimed yesterday.
Ben Smith, the shadow national security minister in the last government, said personnel in the police, prison and fire services had predicted...
DATE: Sep 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Hundreds of hotel workers face redundancy because of the closure of a leading Bermudian resort for almost two years.
The 18-month shuttering of the Fairmont Southampton hotel for renovations would mean about 750 layoffs, roughly 500 of them Bermudian...
DATE: Sep 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A string of promises to boost the economy and cut the island’s cost of living were unveiled last night in the Progressive Labour Party’s election platform.
The manifesto included a Bermuda National Digital Bank to cut mortgage costs and jump-start th...
DATE: Sep 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A child who arrived last Wednesday from London has tested positive for Covid-19, it was announced last night.
The nine-year-old was said to be a resident who arrived on the British Airways flight.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said the case had sh...
DATE: Sep 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A soldier who suffered serious injuries after he was hit by a car at a Covid-19 lockdown checkpoint returned home over the weekend to a hero’s welcome.
Private Ndavyah Williams exited the airport on Saturday to find soldiers from his A Company of the...
DATE: Sep 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Progressive Labour Party candidates have pledged the party “will implement the living wage” to benefit the island’s young workers, if the PLP retains power after the October 1 General Election.
Jason Hayward, the labour minister, spotlighted the part...
DATE: Sep 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Progressive Labour Party’s attempt to hold a debate between party leaders “who can form a government” was dismissed yesterday as an attempt to sideline a political challenge from the new Free Democratic Movement.
The PLP said that the party would...
DATE: Sep 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A young man who lost his life in a crash was a promising and well-liked member of the team at the Bermuda Land Development Corporation, colleagues have said.
Leric Lightbourn, 21, was killed after his bike was involved in collision last Friday on Mid...
DATE: Sep 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Governor’s Cup Challenge at the first golf course on the island to desegregate went ahead without a hitch despite the threat of Hurricane Paulette.
The tournament at Ocean View Golf Course in Devonshire last Sunday was the last round for John Ran...
DATE: Sep 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The labour minister said that “efforts are being made” to have the first of the Government’s supplementary unemployment benefits paid out today.
Jason Hayward was quizzed yesterday after Walter Roban, the Deputy Premier, said on Wednesday that paymen...
DATE: Sep 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell