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A town hall meeting will take place today to discuss new immigration legislation tabled in the House of Assembly.
People are invited to CedarBridge Academy for the meeting about amendments to the Bermuda Immigration and Protection Act.
National secur...
DATE: Mar 12, 2020
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The Bermuda Hospitals Board will complete its annual reports up to 2019 by the end of this year, health minister Kim Wilson told MPs yesterday.
Ms Wilson announced BHB’s financial statements for 2015 and 2016 had unqualified audits as she tabled the ...
DATE: Mar 07, 2020
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The Progressive Labour Party has paid tribute to Vera Commissing, a founding member of the group behind the 1959 Theatre Boycotts who died last Friday.
The statement follows in full:
The PLP was saddened to learn of the passing of our life member, V...
DATE: Mar 02, 2020
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Politics
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Work is ongoing to reduce the risk of online attacks, the Minister of National Security told MPs.
Wayne Caines delivered a ministerial statement in the House of Assembly last Friday, when he said that the island needed to develop its protection again...
DATE: Mar 01, 2020
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Politics
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News Staff
Work permit costs could be hiked as part of a move to encourage greater Bermudian employment, the One Bermuda Alliance proposed yesterday.
Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, the shadow finance minister, added that an OBA government would lay the groundwork for...
DATE: Feb 29, 2020
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Politics
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News Staff
Sports minister Lovitta Foggo spoke at the House of Assembly today about the upcoming Carifta Games which Bermuda will host at the National Sports Centre.
To read Lovitta Foggo’s ministerial statement in full, click on the PDF under “Related Media”
DATE: Feb 28, 2020
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Politics
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News Staff
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance delivering the Budget for 2020-21 at the House of Assembly today.
Here are the highlights from his speech:
• Programmes in the Department of Child and Family Services will receive an increase of $750,000. Som...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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Politics
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News Staff
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Ministry of Public Works, delivered a ministerial statement about the Government’s partnership with Belco on co-ordinated road trenching.
• To read Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch’s ministerial statement in full, cl...
DATE: Feb 14, 2020
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Politics
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News Staff
National security minister Wayne Caines updated MPs with a ministerial statement about Bermuda’s first coastguard unit, which was launched in the West End earlier this month.
• To read Wayne Caines’s ministerial statement in full, click on the PDF un...
DATE: Feb 14, 2020
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Politics
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News Staff
Heritage Month will have the theme “We are Bermudian” to help the Government promote the island’s cultural identity.
Cultural affairs minister Lovitta Foggo urged people to reflect on their commonalities throughout the month of May.
She told the Hous...
DATE: Feb 14, 2020
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Politics
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News Staff