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Senators have approved legislation that will see quarantine exemptions for members of certain armed forces removed.
The Quarantine Amendment Bill 2022 seeks to amend the Quarantine Act 2017 to make provisions for the Quarantine Authority to make eme...
DATE: Jul 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A commission into land grabs appointed by the Premier “acted unfairly and unlawfully on a number of fronts” and its findings should be overturned, a court heard.
LeYoni Junos told the Supreme Court that she was challenging the report of the Commissio...
DATE: Jul 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The chairman of Bermuda’s leading cancer care charity is stepping down after more than 21 years in the post.
Gavin Arton has been succeeded by Bill Wharton, the head of Argo Insurance, who formally stepped into the role this month.
Mr Arton said: “PA...
DATE: Jul 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An order granting a resort tax breaks for redevelopment over the next ten years was rubber-stamped in the Senate yesterday.
Under the Tourism Investment Cambridge Beaches Resort and Spa Order, the new owners of the historic west end facility will not...
DATE: Jul 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A charity has teamed up with the police and an addiction treatment organisation to hold an event to discuss issues including drugs and grooming methods used by gangs.
Raleigh Bermuda is hosting the event in partnership with the Bermuda Police Service...
DATE: Jul 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
Residents are being urged to turn in friends and relatives who have committed crimes in an effort to stop an escalating “crisis” in violent crime on the island.
Michael Weeks, the Minister for National Security, made the call at a public meeting on ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A man who shared information with the commission into land losses was told that records on his case would be sealed for 50 years
DATE: Jul 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A community gardening instructor whose students have been targeted by crop thieves has called on Bermuda “to look at itself”.
Kevin Santucci, a chaplain, who runs the Grow, Eat, Save programme designed to help amateur gardeners to become more self-su...
DATE: Jul 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
For the first time in its 128-year-old history, Bermuda High School for Girls has appointed a woman of colour to be its next Head of School.
Carol Swainson, an American whose grandfather and uncle were from St George’s, will be tasked with leading t...
DATE: Jul 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Union leaders said that a $15 million relief package would offer short-term relief, but called on the Government to deliver on “game changers” such as a livable wage.
Armell Thomas, the Bermuda Public Services Union president, said in a statement tha...
DATE: Jul 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes