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The Premier tabled a posthumous pardon for a pastor jailed after he exposed horrific work conditions for West Indian workers at the former Royal Naval Dockyard more than 100 years ago.
David Burt said John Rankin, the Governor, had granted the “full ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2019
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Bermuda sports anti-drug body tested 83 people with four positive results for cannabis, the sports minister told MPs today.
Lovitta Foggo said there were also “two adverse findings” reported by the Bermuda Anti- Doping Authority.
Ms Foggo was speakin...
DATE: Jul 13, 2019
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The land valuation department has gone paperless, the public works minister said yesterday.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch told MPs that the department had been one of the first to become paperless and no longer had a physical filing system. He added...
DATE: Jul 12, 2019
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A six-week paid summer employment programme has been launched to help curb gang violence, the Minister of National Security said today.
Wayne Caines told the House of Assembly that 13 out of 15 at-risk young people who will take part had already comp...
DATE: Jul 12, 2019
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The Ministry of Education will provide scholarship opportunities for Bermudian students to attend The University of the West Indies.
Education minister Diallo Rabain said the ministry would dedicate $35,000 from its current scholarship budget to help...
DATE: Jun 21, 2019
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Bermuda’s emergency agencies are prepared for the threat of major storms as the hurricane season gets under way, Wayne Caines told the House of Assembly today.
Mr Caines, said he had chaired a meeting of the Emergency Measures Organisation Executive ...
DATE: Jun 07, 2019
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Tourism minister Zane DeSilva described the announcement of the Bermuda Championship, the island’s first mainstream PGA Tour event, as “a very exciting development for sports tourism”.
To read Zane DeSilva’s statement to the House of Assembly in full...
DATE: Jun 07, 2019
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National security minister Wayne Caines provided an update on the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s involvement with Exercise Trade Winds in the Domincian Republic.
• To read Wayne Caines’s statement in full, click on the PDF under “Related Media”
DATE: Jun 07, 2019
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The final town hall meeting to discuss a living wage will take place at the Somerset Cricket Club tomorrow.
The Ministry of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport wants the views of the public on the creation of a Wage Commission and a living or minimu...
DATE: May 15, 2019
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Politics
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News Staff
Government workers will be advised of their rights in an education campaign from the Labour Relations Section.
Labour minister Lovitta Foggo announced the move in the House of Assembly as she responded to “concerns and queries” to the Ministry of Lab...
DATE: May 10, 2019
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Politics
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News Staff