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The potential side effects of a minimum wage must be considered before action is taken, according to the Chamber of Commerce.
Cordell Riley, the chairman of the Wage Commission, announced last week that the Commission had identified three options for...
DATE: May 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Work to create a second Covid-safe courtroom is expected to be completed by the end of next month, according to the Ministry of Public Works.
A spokesman for the Ministry said that Magistrates’ Court 4 – which had been used to hold Supreme Court hear...
DATE: May 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo has partially reopened more than a month after the pandemic forced it to shut its doors.
The attraction, which closed to guests on March 29 in the wake of a spike of Covid-19 cases, began to welcome visitors into...
DATE: May 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Garden Club brought a taste of spring to Hamilton this week as part of their latest “flower flash’.
The display featured sunflowers, snapdragons and lilies at the corner of Reid and Burnaby Streets.
A spokeswoman for the club, which uses a lily a...
DATE: May 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
More than 131 people received their first Covid-19 vaccine at Victor Scott Primary School today as part of the Close to Home mobile vaccination programme.
A Government spokeswoman said 143 people received the vaccine, including 12 receiving their sec...
DATE: May 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Power has been restored to hundreds of East End residents after an outage this morning.
According to the Belco outline outage map, 932 customers were without electricity as of 10am, but by about 11am power had begun to be restored.
The outage came af...
DATE: May 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A fintech firm that promised to create a global compliance base in Bermuda and invest millions in the island is under investigation by US authorities.
The US internal Revenue Service and US Department of Justice have launched investigations into Bina...
DATE: May 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A French yacht en route to the Azores was towed to the island yesterday after it was hit by rough weather and mechanical problems.
The Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre said the 40ft French boat Reve D’Oceans IV was en route from the Dominican Repub...
DATE: May 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Ministry of Labour today highlighted the process for the children of Bermudians born overseas to gain status.
The spokesman said: “A child born outside Bermuda who is a Commonwealth citizen will acquire Bermudian status at birth if the Bermudian ...
DATE: May 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
International assessors are to visit Bermuda next week to survey a $2.8 million pilot boat that suffered major damage after it steamed into a reef.
A government spokeswoman said the St David, bought for $2,795,000, in 2912, was insured for $2.8 mill...
DATE: May 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes