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Almost one in three young Bermudian adults are unemployed, the Government admitted yesterday.
However, launching the National Youth Employment Strategy, which is aimed at dealing with the issue, Jason Hayward, the Minister of Economy and Labour, reje...
DATE: Jun 03, 2022
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Shaun Connolly
Businesses have branded the highly controversial Travel Authorisation Form “frustrating” amid calls for the charge to be scrapped.
The comments by the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce come after the Government admitted that the $40 fee to enter the countr...
DATE: Jun 03, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The system used to gauge inflation will be updated next year as part of a ten-year cycle, the Labour and Economy Minister said yesterday.
Jason Hayward also rejected suggestions that the basket of goods used to weigh price increases had not been chan...
DATE: Jun 03, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Failure by the Government to follow other Overseas Territories and declare a two-day public holiday to mark the Queen’s platinum jubilee represents a missed opportunity to give workers a break, a leading union chief has said.
Chris Furbert, head of t...
DATE: Jun 02, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Former premier Sir John Swan has spoken warmly about his meetings with the Queen as a huge banner to mark the monarch’s platinum jubilee was unveiled in Hamilton.
Sir John, who resigned as head of government after voters rejected his push for indepen...
DATE: May 31, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Revelations that the Government’s much criticised Travel Authorisation form is now a money-raising mechanism rather than an anti-Covid agent has intensified opposition demands for it to be scrapped.
The One Bermuda Alliance has insisted the $40 char...
DATE: May 30, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The highly controversial Travel Authorisation form will stay in place even if all other emergency Covid measures are dropped because the Government needs the money it generates, a senator has said.
Arianna Hodgson, junior health and finance minister,...
DATE: May 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Calls for Travel Authorisation (TA) forms to be scrapped have been stepped up by the Opposition.
Michael Dunkley, the shadow health minister, said the measure was a deterrent for people seeking to come to the island.
The One Bermuda Alliance MP raise...
DATE: May 25, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
More than 30 people who took part in a two-week military training exercise in North Carolina, USA, which included the Royal Bermuda Regiment, tested positive for Covid-19, it has emerged.
An RBR spokesman said that 13 people on the trip back to the i...
DATE: May 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
It was positivity on wheels as a community out-reach group tried to motor youngsters away from the lure of gang and gun culture by highlighting the joys of bikes.
The grass-roots Give Back Foundation held the event at Southampton Rangers Sports Club ...
DATE: May 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly