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The Opposition has defended its proposal for a lottery to benefit the island’s young athletes, after Nandi Outerbridge, Minister of Social Development and Sport, branded the idea “misguided”.
The remarks came from Michael Weeks, the shadow minister, ...
DATE: Apr 20, 2017
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The Minister of Tourism, Transport and Municipalities has maintained that the St Regis hotel development in St George’s is going ahead, with amended plans submitted this month.
Senator Michael Fahy also took aim at Progressive Labour Party Senator Re...
DATE: Mar 24, 2017
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Politics
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The Progressive Labour Party will be hosting a jobs summit on diversity, inclusion and opportunity on Tuesday.
“This event is an opportunity to hear our plans for change: facilitating job creation, growing our economy and ensuring that Bermudians co...
DATE: Mar 12, 2017
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Ewart Brown is bracing himself for the possibility of being arrested next week, according to a newspaper interview in the United States.
Speaking to The Boston Globe from the Turks and Caicos, the former premier said he feared the authorities might a...
DATE: Feb 24, 2017
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Politics
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Legislation paving the way for people to be cautioned for possession of a small cannabis is set to come into force, Attorney-General Trevor Moniz has confirmed.
Mr Moniz released a statement after Director of Public Prosecutions Larry Mussenden unvei...
DATE: Feb 20, 2017
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Politics
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News Staff
Ewart Brown claims the Bermuda Government’s lawsuit against the Lahey Clinic is an attempt to “settle a political score” against him.
In a press release, the former premier launched a vigorous defence of his relationship with the hospital, which he i...
DATE: Feb 17, 2017
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Politics
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News Staff
The Price Control Commission has not met since April 2016 and has now been made redundant, finance minister Bob Richards told the House of Assembly.
The panel was set up in 2011 to protect consumers from unwarranted price increases amid concerns fami...
DATE: Feb 17, 2017
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Politics
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Ewart Brown, the former premier, has fired back at police after two of his private clinics were raided over the weekend by officers from the Organised and Economic Crime Department.
Vowing to “fight with our last cent and to our final breath”, Dr Bro...
DATE: Feb 14, 2017
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Politics
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News Staff
People must now sign their passports after they are issued, Patricia Gordon-Pamplin has announced.
The “Sign After Receipt” system should eventually eliminate the need for passport customers to send their paper forms and printed photographs in suppor...
DATE: Feb 13, 2017
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Politics
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News Staff
Michael Dunkley has pledged to bridge divisions as the dust settles on the contentious airport debate.
The Premier acknowledged he had seen “very impassioned debate from both sides of the aisle” as the Airport Development Concession Act and the Bermu...
DATE: Feb 12, 2017
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Politics
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News Staff