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A town hall meeting is to be held in St David’s next week on the proposed installation of a medical waste incinerator, the Government has said.
The gathering on Tuesday, November 1, will be hosted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resourc...
DATE: Oct 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Bermuda’s eco-friendly outlook is being used to lure visitors back to the island from the UK and continental Europe, travel chiefs have said.
The Bermuda Tourism Authority said it was carrying out a push into the British market after having a “fluctu...
DATE: Oct 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Lawrence Scott has said he is “surprised, but not bitter” to have been dismissed as transport minister by David Burt, the Premier.
The Cabinet shake-up also saw the removal of Ernest Peets as Minister of Youth, Culture and Sport, as well as Governmen...
DATE: Oct 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Perhaps Lawrence Scott should not have compared himself to Ronaldo when he stressed what a team player he was after being unceremoniously dropped from the Cabinet squad.
Given that the increasingly reluctant Manchester United player was disciplined r...
DATE: Oct 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The appointment of ultra-loyalist Owen Darrell to the Cabinet could suggest that David Burt, the Premier, is trying to tighten his grip on power after the bruising Progressive Labour Party leadership battle which he won — but not overwhelmingly.
Mr D...
DATE: Oct 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Hoteliers have called for the $40 entry fee to Bermuda to be abolished now that most of the controversial Travel Authorisation regime has been abandoned.
Tourism leaders said that although delays in being granted permission to arrive were the main po...
DATE: Oct 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Nearly $12 million was driven into the economy last year by the Butterfield Bermuda Championship, a report has revealed.
With this year’s tournament teeing off today at Port Royal Golf Course, the study found that the previous event attracted media ...
DATE: Oct 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The organiser of a rally protesting the outcome of the Progressive Labour Party’s leadership race has insisted he is no longer backing the proposed demonstration.
Activist Larry Scott had called for a march on Parliament, but said he changed his mind...
DATE: Oct 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Bermuda appears largely unaffected by the extraordinary turmoil in British politics as Rishi Sunak, the third prime minister in seven weeks, left the same foreign secretary in place during a major cabinet reshuffle.
James Cleverly, the first non-Whit...
DATE: Oct 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A visit to Bermuda by the Prime Minister of the Bahamas has sparked a political row over how it was paid for.
Philip “Brave” Davis arrived in Hamilton with a large entourage last week and spoke at the Progressive Labour Party conference.
A spokes...
DATE: Oct 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly