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Travel from Britain to Bermuda will be restricted to people with a valid reason while UK stay at home measures are in force, the Government’s London office said today.
The UK office told Bermudians in Britain that people on their way home from next ...
DATE: Mar 05, 2021
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Government’s lack of consultation with medical professionals and the “woeful inadequacy” of drug prevention programmes were just some of the reasons Opposition and Independent senators gave for rejecting Government’s bid to legalise cannabis yesterda...
DATE: Mar 04, 2021
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
One Bermuda Alliance senators will vote against legislation to licence cannabis production at today’s session of the Upper House, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Ben Smith, the Opposition senate leader, said the Government Bill did not set out what it...
DATE: Mar 03, 2021
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
More than half of the House of Assembly’s 36 MPs contributed to yesterday’s debate on the Cannabis Licensing Act 2020.
Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General and legal affairs minister, started the debate and claimed that the Act was a push bac...
DATE: Feb 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Premier said last night Bermuda’s relationship with the UK would suffer serious damage if a law to license cannabis production failed to get Royal Assent.
David Burt said there were indications that the Governor would be unable to give assent to...
DATE: Feb 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A damaged baby swing at a playground has been replaced after a worried father contacted The Royal Gazette with safety concerns.
The Shelly Bay, Hamilton Parish swing, designed for infants, was missing two of three rivets missing on one side of the s...
DATE: Jan 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A campaign group yesterday demanded the removal of of an under-fire senator after an “abhorrent” social media post that backed impeached US president Donald Trump.
Social Justice Bermuda, inspired by the global Black Lives Matter movement, said the O...
DATE: Jan 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The former Senate leader of the One Bermuda Alliance faced a storm of criticism yesterday after he defended impeached US President Donald Trump.
Marcus Jones’ own party distanced itself from his views and the ruling Progressive Labour Party slammed h...
DATE: Jan 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Free Democratic Movement may have been out of the spotlight since its election defeat but it is gearing up to address the public early in the new year.
This is according to Eugene Dean, a founding member of the island’s third political force who ...
DATE: Jan 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
It would be “almost suicidal” for the Government to collect less land tax from the public after the financial hit it has incurred as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Michelle Simmons, Vice President of the Senate, said reductions in rental prices ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan