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Bermudians will have to wait until next year’s Budget to see if changes to tariff regulations will have financial implications, the Senate was told yesterday.
Adrianna Hodgson, junior finance minister, said amendments to laws bringing the island into...
DATE: Dec 16, 2021
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A relationship with a company contracted to bring tidal power to Bermuda was yesterday defended by the Government after the One Bermuda Alliance questioned the deal.
Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, said it was “misleading and unfounded” to s...
DATE: Dec 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Plans to ban single use plastics in Bermuda were highlighted by the home affairs minister at an international forum.
Walter Roban told the virtual Financial Times Global Boardroom event that the island was leading the way on climate change.
Mr Roban...
DATE: Dec 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
One of Bermuda’s Olympians and a veteran broadcaster has died, it was announced yesterday.
Mike Sharpe, who was 65, competed in the 100 metres at the 1976 summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, also excelled in the triple jump, ran in relay races and p...
DATE: Dec 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The championing of a single company to bring tidal power energy to Bermuda has been questioned by the Opposition.
Scott Pearman, the shadow home affairs minister, said he would raise the One Bermuda Alliance’s concerns about the Government’s deal wit...
DATE: Dec 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Young people enrolled on a graduate trainee scheme are the “future leaders of Bermuda”, the labour minister has said.
Mr Hayward told those involved: "The Ministry of Labour launched the first graduate trainee pilot programme in February 2021, with 1...
DATE: Dec 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A report into alleged historic land grabs and a revised Budget statement will dominate the House of Assembly’s final session of the year today.
It is understood that the Commission of Inquiry, which held its last hearings in May, completed the report...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The Speaker of the House of Assembly has signalled to MPs that any one of them could ask for an inquiry into the handling of the Covid-19 crisis.
Dennis Lister insisted he had to stay neutral, but that a member from either side of the House could pu...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
An organisational revamp of the Bermuda National Trust was yesterday backed by the Senate.
The legislation, which increased the number of people to be elected to the trust’s council to 13 and ended appointment to the council by entitlement, was passe...
DATE: Dec 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The Mayor of Hamilton, Charles Gosling, said yesterday that he will not run for re-election.
The announcement comes as the corporation is locked in a legal battle with the Government for its survival.
Mr Gosling, 68, told The Royal Gazette: “Sometime...
DATE: Dec 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly