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An Opposition backbencher has hit back at “insulting and disparaging statements” about him by the public works minister.
Trevor Moniz said Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch had attacked him and the One Bermuda Alliance last month and accused the former ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2018
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Frederick “Penny” Bean, the first Bermudian-born constable promoted to Commissioner of Police, has died at age 82.
During his 34 years of service, Mr Bean earned the Colonial Police Medal for Meritorious Service, awarded to him after the Chief Justic...
DATE: Dec 10, 2018
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Rules to head off European concerns about businesses that might set up shop on the island in name only to dodge taxes were tabled in the House of Assembly.
The legislation, tabled by Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, will require businesses ...
DATE: Dec 08, 2018
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A church service today celebrated the life of Terrence “Ted” Richards, who has died aged 59.
Mr Richards, the husband of education commissioner Kalmar Richards, was mourned in the House of Assembly yesterday.
Scott Simmons, a Progressive Labour Party...
DATE: Dec 08, 2018
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Bermuda’s Premier and Cabinet Office minister were not required to appear at a British Foreign Affairs Select Committee session to examine Britain’s relationship with its Overseas Territories, a member of the all-party group said last night.
Ian Murr...
DATE: Dec 07, 2018
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The X-ray unit at the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre has shut while the clinic awaits replacement parts, the Bermuda Hospitals Board has announced.
X-ray scans cannot be provided until the parts arrive, which is expected to be early next week.
The cli...
DATE: Dec 07, 2018
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Health
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Jonathan Bell
Lisa Bishop never outgrew her childhood love of fairytale princesses.
Ms Bishop said that “princesses and Disney have always been a big part of my life”.
But the author’s children’s books, which she will sign tomorrow at the Bookmart in Brown & Co in...
DATE: Dec 07, 2018
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Work is being done under the Government’s code of practice for project management and procurement, MPs heard this morning.
Walton Brown, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, said efforts are being made to “leverage the Government’s purchasing power, ...
DATE: Dec 07, 2018
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Jonathan Bell
The Royal Bermuda Regiment plans to offer learning credits for soldiers to enhance their training.
Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, announced the move as he updated the House of Assembly on the Regiment’s activities.
He said the credi...
DATE: Dec 07, 2018
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Jonathan Bell
Bermuda snubbed a meeting with British parliamentarians in London yesterday.
The Foreign Affairs Select Committee had invited Overseas Territories to give evidence in an inquiry into the relationship with the Foreign Office.
Walton Brown, the Cabinet...
DATE: Dec 06, 2018
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