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The Progressive Labour Party will table legislation designed to tackle European Union concerns over low-tax jurisdictions during this parliamentary session.
David Burt updated the House of Assembly Friday on EU efforts to censure low-tax jurisdiction...
DATE: Nov 26, 2018
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Mickey Adderley, who co-owned popular Front Street bar Flanagan’s, has died. Mr Adderley was 77.
The businessman also ran clothing store Flatts Menswear for decades.
Michael Dunkley, a One Bermuda Alliance backbencher, told the House of Assembly on F...
DATE: Nov 26, 2018
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Daily efforts from the Government’s gang violence reduction team are under way in a bid to tackle the island’s gang culture, the national security minister told MPs on Friday.
Wayne Caines said the two-man team has met at-risk pupils in both public s...
DATE: Nov 26, 2018
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Triplets presented to the Queen when she visited Bermuda 65 years ago shortly after she was crowned are being hunted by a British broadcaster to mark the anniversary.
Little Elizabeth, Margaret and Philippa — the names of the Queen, her sister and th...
DATE: Nov 23, 2018
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The new Minister of Finance is to outline refinancing part of the Government’s $2.42 billion debt in the House of Assembly today.
Curtis Dickinson is said to have secured a deal at a favourable rate of interest as one of his first acts as minister.
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DATE: Nov 23, 2018
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Jonathan Bell
A prefabricated housing project in Dockyard needed a major redesign when the project’s size was cut under the One Bermuda Alliance, the Minister of Public Works said Friday.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch told the House of Assembly the original 2011 ...
DATE: Nov 23, 2018
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Jonathan Bell
An excavation at an old cemetery for military personnel and convicts that disturbed bones was carried out without permission, the Minister of Home Affairs, told Parliament.
Walter Roban added that there were no guidelines for when human remains are d...
DATE: Nov 23, 2018
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
A 15-year-old schoolgirl has organised a youth conference to tackle controversial subjects with respect for different views.
Katherine Tobin, a pupil at Somersfield Academy in Devonshire, said the conference would discuss topics such as race, gender ...
DATE: Nov 22, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Clara Hallett, a historian, author and genealogist dubbed “the Index Queen”, has died. Ms Hallett was 92.
Known as “Keggie”, she worked on local historical records, along with her late husband, Archie Hallett, the first president of Bermuda College.
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DATE: Nov 22, 2018
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Bermuda High School came out top in the National Debate Tournament at the weekend.
Both the senior school and middle school finals resulted in an all-BHS line-up competing for the honours in “very close” debates.
But Gladstone Thompson, president of ...
DATE: Nov 21, 2018
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell