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The electoral clean sweep in Barbados was democracy in action, according to Carl Neblett, president of the Barbados Association of Bermuda.
Mia Mottley, the daughter of former Bermuda Attorney-General Elliott Mottley, and her Barbados Labour Party to...
DATE: Jun 02, 2018
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The Regulatory Authority has backed hi-tech smart meters installed by power firm Belco.
The authority said yesterday that the meters comply with safety standards set by the United States Federal Communications Commission.
The authority will carry out...
DATE: Jun 02, 2018
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Bermuda’s Portuguese community was “ecstatic” after it was announced yesterday that a public holiday next year will mark the 170th anniversary of the arrival of the first immigrants from Madeira.
Andrea Moniz-DeSouza, the Honorary Portuguese Consul, ...
DATE: Jun 02, 2018
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Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, accused Commissioner of Police Michael DeSilva of poor succession planning yesterday after three Bermudians were overlooked in the hunt for his replacement.
Mr Caines said they had applied to replace M...
DATE: Jun 02, 2018
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A violence reduction programme is under way in Bermuda’s prisons, national security minister Wayne Caines told Parliament this morning.
The programme has been completed by six inmates in Westgate, Mr Caines said.
The four- to six-month programme is b...
DATE: Jun 01, 2018
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Jonathan Bell
Proposed legislation to tax and regulate people who rent their homes to visitors was welcomed yesterday by the Bermuda Tourism Authority.
But Michael Cranfield, of Vacation Rentals Bermuda, said the Vacation Rentals Bill 2018 is “alarming” to some ow...
DATE: May 31, 2018
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Jonathan Bell
The chairman of the Coalition for the Protection of Children is to step down after more than 25 years with the organisation she founded.
Sheelagh Cooper, who was executive director of the charity for decades before she became chairman, is to refocus ...
DATE: May 30, 2018
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Jevon Williams, a lawyer at AIG, was announced as the new chairman for the Coalition for the Protection of Children.
Dwayne Caines, a spokesman for the Bermuda Police Service, was named as deputy chairman.
Sheelagh Cooper, founder of the family assi...
DATE: May 30, 2018
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Belco is to run an education campaign on wireless devices at the forefront of the company’s modernisation plans.
“Smart meters”, which record electricity consumption in detail and beam readings straight to the power company, are set to replace tradit...
DATE: May 30, 2018
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Dilapidated buses and “unfair” management are frustrating bus drivers, according to Bermuda Industrial Union head Chris Furbert.
“The answer is that they need to buy more buses,” Mr Furbert said after union staff met on Thursday morning with official...
DATE: May 26, 2018
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