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A construction firm appealed to the Government to settle its unpaid bill topping $1 million for the Sandys 360 sports complex at the West End, an Opposition backbencher has revealed.
Calling the failed gym a “black hole”, Trevor Moniz, a former publi...
DATE: Jul 29, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
Eight years of investigations into Ewart Brown have left the former premier unable to clear his name, MPs heard on Friday.
Michael Scott, a Progressive Labour Party backbencher, castigated the police investigation into Dr Brown, who has never been ch...
DATE: Jul 29, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s war veterans and their widows were given a pensions boost during Friday’s sitting of the House of Assembly.
The Pensions (War Service) Order 2019 raised the monthly payment due to veterans from $800 to $1,000.
The debate, opened by Wayne Ca...
DATE: Jul 28, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
Landmarks from the life of Mary Prince, a Bermudian ex-slave who became an icon of the abolitionist movement, were explored last night in a lecture by a Canadian historian dedicated to researching her life.
Margot Maddison-MacFadyen is also starting ...
DATE: Jul 26, 2019
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More than 20 Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers will team up with police to keep the annual Cup Match holiday safe.
The soldiers, all Special Constables, will work on land at hosts St George’s Cricket Club and at sea over the four-day holiday weekend wh...
DATE: Jul 25, 2019
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A potential new executive director for the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission has been identified, with the gambling watchdog in the “early stages of discussion as to their suitability for the role”.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said in t...
DATE: Jul 15, 2019
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
Questions ranging from the emigration of Bermudians to the island’s surging rat population were fielded by David Burt during Premier’s Question Time on Friday.
Mr Burt took opening queries from Craig Cannonier, the Leader of the Opposition, on the “p...
DATE: Jul 15, 2019
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
Teens whose childhoods were spent in foster care are now pursuing their dreams thanks to big-hearted donors.
Tylasha DeSilva, 17, and 18-year-old Sierra Brangman, have been awarded $30,000 and $20,000 for their education by the Foster Parents’ Associ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2019
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Nearly $5 million has been spent on investigations into Ewart Brown, a former premier.
The figures were revealed in the House of Assembly by Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, in response to questions from Derrick Burgess, the Deputy Sp...
DATE: Jul 13, 2019
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A stalled hotel development at the West End needs a major rethink, the Minister of Finance warned yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson told the House of Assembly that the Caroline Bay project, at Morgan’s Point in Southampton, had to be “recast and devised wi...
DATE: Jul 13, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell