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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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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
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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Politics
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AUTHOR:
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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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
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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Jonathan Bell
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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Jonathan Bell
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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Jonathan Bell
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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Jonathan Bell
No independent candidates are in the running for the double by-election on June 7.
Voters will choose between Scott Pearman of the One Bermuda Alliance and Curtis Richardson of the Progressive Labour Party. in Constituency 27, Paget East.
The race is...
DATE: May 25, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Eugene Carmichael, an adventurer and community activist, has died in Valencia, Spain. Mr Carmichael was 78.
A memorial service was held at West Whale Bay Park for the philanthropist, one of the original organisers of the End-to-End.
Mr Carmichael led...
DATE: May 24, 2018
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Jonathan Bell
Today is the nomination day for candidates to represent Paget East and Warwick North East.
Constituencies 22 and 25 face double by-elections on June 7 after One Bermuda Alliance MPs Grant Gibbons and Jeff Baron stepped down.
Curtis Richardson will ma...
DATE: May 24, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell