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A review of the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service will include an assessment of manpower needs and its recruitment criteria, the national security minister said this week.
Michael Weeks said the service had roughly 77 staff at present, but he said he w...
DATE: Nov 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Vance Campbell said today he was looking forward to being consulted on the appointment of a new chief executive for the Bermuda Tourism Authority.
The Minister of Tourism was asked at a press conference when he expected the successful candidate for t...
DATE: Nov 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda’s loss of direct flights to the major New England gateway city of Boston is linked to the island’s fall in hotel capacity, according to the Minister of Tourism.
Vance Campbell said he was “confident” that transport minister Wayne Furbert wou...
DATE: Nov 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The end of the $40 Travel Authorisation form has been welcomed by Vance Campbell, the tourism minister, who said it was “good that we have that distraction out of the way” to focus on real issues.
The form, originally imposed as border protection aga...
DATE: Nov 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Government’s hopes that an airline would provide a direct service to Boston this month have been dashed
DATE: Nov 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Electric vehicles brought to the island will be subject to import duty — although the transport minister said it was too early to say when.
Wayne Furbert, speaking at a press conference yesterday in the wake of the 2022 Throne Speech, said that he ha...
DATE: Nov 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Pesticides, including the controversial weedkiller Roundup, are to get tighter governmental oversight, according to Kim Wilson, the health minister.
The glyphosate-based product, manufactured by the agrochemical firm Monsanto, has come under fire as ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A grandmother who hoped her granddaughter would become a lawyer got her wish at a ceremony in the Supreme Court as Nicole Yearwood joined the Bermuda Bar.
Ms Yearwood was embarking on a career at a major Bermuda reinsurance firm when her experiences ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
It would have been frequently used back in the days when Government House had a full team of horses and grooms on call.
Now a Brewster Victoria horse-drawn carriage that has sat in storage at Government House at Langton Hill in Pembroke is headed for...
DATE: Nov 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
In a first for the island, young Bermudian McKenzie-Kohl Tuckett, former Youth Premier, has delivered a speech in the British House of Commons to mark UK Youth Parliament Day.
Speaking on Friday at the same dispatch box used by the British prime mini...
DATE: Nov 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell