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Food prices continued to surge in September with the Consumer Price Index reporting an increase of more than 10 per cent year-on-year.
Prices in the fuel and power sector also increased by 15.2 per cent, compared with September last hear.
Overall, th...
DATE: Dec 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Amendments to add frozen bread to the list of items that can be imported without duty fees have been approved by the House of Assembly on Friday.
The Customs Tariff Amendment (No 4) Act 2022 modified the tariff code to include frozen bread in the sam...
DATE: Dec 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Sandys man accused of making inappropriate comments to a schoolgirl told police he would never make such comments to a child.
In a police interview played in Magistrates’ Court yesterday, he described the comments as “disturbing”, but that he was “...
DATE: Dec 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Plots of land in Warwick and Hamilton Parish have formally been named nature reserves, the House of Assembly heard on Friday.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said that 16.6 acres of former golf course at Riddell’s Bay and 3.4 acres of lan...
DATE: Dec 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Three people were rescued from a sinking vessel about 250 miles off the coast of Bermuda this weekend.
According to an incident report by Bermuda Maritime Operations, RCC Norfolk contacted RCC Bermuda on Sunday morning, December 4, 2022, about a 44ft...
DATE: Dec 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two children told Magistrates’ Court yesterday that the same man sexually touched them last summer in separate incidents.
The defendant, a 48-year-old Sandys resident, has denied two charges of touching a girl under the age of 14 for a sexual purpose...
DATE: Dec 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A judge has dismissed an allegation that the Commissioner of Police breached a court order by instructing officers to burn copies of seized medical records.
Counsel for the Brown-Darrell Clinic and Bermuda Healthcare Services said the destruction of ...
DATE: Dec 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Legislation to create a Government-owned company to oversee Morgan’s Point has been tabled in the House of Assembly.
David Burt said the Morgan’s Point Company will be charged with managing the site with the goal of securing a return for Bermudian ta...
DATE: Dec 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, on Friday called for continued diligence to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 despite the end of the island’s public health emergency.
Speaking to the House of Assembly, Ms Wilson thanked the many who had co...
DATE: Dec 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Government will create a new board to lead the island’s Workforce Development Plan, the House of Assembly heard.
Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour and Economy, told MPs that the new Workforce Development Advisory Board would “carry out the cr...
DATE: Dec 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes