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A resolution to cut salaries for MPs and senators will be tabled in the House of Assembly’s virtual sitting today.
David Burt, the Premier, said on Wednesday that ministers had agreed to take a one-year 15 per cent cut.
A one-year 12.5 per cent pay c...
DATE: May 22, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
Shadow finance minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin revisited a bitter dispute in the House of Assembly, saying the official recording had vindicated her after being accused of maligning low earners during a March sitting.
In a March 16 debate on the Pay...
DATE: May 11, 2020
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
MPs paid their respects yesterday to “trailblazing” Stanley Lowe, a former Speaker of the House of Assembly, who died last month aged 82.
Many said the longest-serving MP in modern Bermudian history, known for his fairness as Speaker, had ordered the...
DATE: May 09, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A charter flight is to bring home Bermudians stranded in Britain next Friday — along with a cargo of coronavirus test kits.
David Burt, the Premier, said yesterday that some of the test kits bought by the Cayman Islands were sold on to Bermuda and ha...
DATE: Apr 18, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s first two cases of Covid-19 were diagnosed at about 4pm yesterday, it was revealed last night.
David Burt, the Premier, said one of the two residents had travelled from Britain and the other from the United States and the cases were unconne...
DATE: Mar 19, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Immigration legislation to tackle the problem of mixed-status families and to give status to children born overseas to Bermudian parents was approved yesterday.
The measures were passed with support from both sides of the House of Assembly — but Oppo...
DATE: Mar 17, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Immigration legislation will be amended to solve the problems of mixed-status families and settle the status of children born overseas to Bermudian parents, the national security minister said yesterday.
Wayne Caines insisted there would be “no givea...
DATE: Mar 07, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Immigration legislation to tackle the problems faced by mixed-status families is to be tabled in the House of Assembly today.
Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, will also make a ministerial statement on the subject.
The legislation was ...
DATE: Mar 06, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
TN Tatem Middle School is not in need of demolition because of mould, the House of Assembly heard today.
Boxer Nikki Bascome is running a boxing gym in one of the mould-free buildings, while other licensed activities include a cooking class.
Lieutena...
DATE: Feb 28, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police and fire services along with other Government bodies now have a “state of the art” public safety radio system.
Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, said the digital system worked better and would cut radio costs by 60 per cent over...
DATE: Feb 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell