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As Parliament faces a long day’s debate of airport legislation, Opposition leader David Burt has called on Heather Jacobs Matthews, the Auditor-General, to independently assess the Government’s proposal before it can be passed.
The proposal for a new...
DATE: Nov 23, 2016
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Government should step in and assist Southampton Rangers Sports Club in ridding itself of antisocial elements, according to area MP Zane DeSilva.
“Rangers are the only club in Bermuda that pay rent for their field,” Mr DeSilva told MPs at the close o...
DATE: Nov 23, 2016
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Tinee Furbert, a 39-year-old mother of two with an extensive background in healthcare, has been unveiled by Opposition leader David Burt as the new Progressive Labour Party appointee to the Senate.
With Renee Ming now the Opposition leader in the Upp...
DATE: Nov 23, 2016
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Insurers have welcomed legislation aimed at tightening oversight of healthcare services and high-tech equipment.
The Bermuda Health Council Amendment Act 2016 has been criticised by physicians as onerous — but the measures yesterday won the endorseme...
DATE: Nov 22, 2016
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Reports issued last week by the Bermuda Government to support the proposed airport development were “recently done, but our analysis was done up front”, according to Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance.
The project was announced on November 10, 201...
DATE: Nov 22, 2016
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The illustrious history of the Berkeley Institute is now on show, courtesy of the school’s class of 1963, who have handed over their three-year labour of love as a testament to its legacy.
The documentary, Respice Finem, traces Berkeley’s history fro...
DATE: Nov 19, 2016
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The Bermuda Government’s airport development project is to take shape, two years after the deal first went public, under key pieces of legislation waiting to go before MPs in this session.
According to the Government Whip, the Airport Authority Act a...
DATE: Nov 19, 2016
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Another group of young Bermudians has returned home from transformative journeys around the globe, courtesy of the self-development programme Raleigh Bermuda.
“The change you see in people can be amazing,” said executive director Tina Nash.
“Young pe...
DATE: Nov 19, 2016
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The hip-hop musical Hamilton is a quantum leap in the theatrical career of Bermuda’s own Nick Christopher, whose role as American icon George Washington had placed him in an unprecedented limelight.
“We always knew it was special, but never imagined ...
DATE: Nov 18, 2016
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Bermuda has nothing to fear in terms of tourism competition from Cuba, as the Caribbean giant emerges into the market after decades of being frozen out by the United States, according to tourism minister Senator Michael Fahy.
Mr Fahy made the asserti...
DATE: Nov 17, 2016
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