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Tourism boss Wayne Caines has backed the decision to keep the Travel Authorisation form – but pledged that the process would be made less cumbersome.
Mr Caines, who is the chairman of the Bermuda Tourism Authority, admitted that inefficiencies such ...
DATE: Jun 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A woman who waited five years for her drugs case to be resolved has been given a suspended six-month jail sentence.
Magistrates’ Court heard that Zaharrin Simmons, 30, had been fighting two counts of drug possession in an increased penalty zone since...
DATE: Jun 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Legislation to give payroll tax relief for care homes has been backed by MPs.
David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance, said that Westmeath and Lefroy House already receive relief, but the Land Valuation and Tax Amendment Act would allow all o...
DATE: Jun 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Minister of National Security called on Bermuda to live by this year’s Bermuda Day theme of togetherness when addressing violent crime on the island.
Michael Weeks, speaking during Friday’s House of Assembly sitting, said: “The theme this year –...
DATE: Jun 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Cannon fire rang out over Hamilton Harbour on Saturday as Bermuda celebrated the Queen’s Birthday with a bang.
The annual Queen’s Birthday Parade returned to Front Street this year with music, marching and an explosive salute to the Queen courtesy of...
DATE: Jun 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Ministers are refusing to say if there were any breakthroughs on the stand-off with London over the Government’s flagship cannabis legislation during top level talks with a senior British official.
Despite repeated requests for information on the con...
DATE: Jun 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A healthcare provider is to carry out an island-wide survey to better understand the provision of stroke rehabilitation services in Bermuda.
Evolution Healing Centre, a physiotherapy rehabilitation clinic, plans to distribute the online survey in the...
DATE: Jun 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Four firefighters tackled a vehicle fire in Pembroke on Saturday morning.
A spokesman for the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service said: “At 4.31am the BFRS dispatch received a report of a vehicle on fire off of St Augustine’s Hill in Pembroke.
“One fire ...
DATE: Jun 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
There will be no limits on the height or design of new buildings in North East Hamilton under a plan aimed at transforming the area so that “negative perceptions” of it can be buried, MPs heard yesterday.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, s...
DATE: Jun 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Traffic diversions have now been lifted on Montpelier Road and Orange Valley Road after a car crash this morning.
Police said that at about 9.30am today a car hit a wall on Middle Road, Devonshire, near Fort Hill Road.
A police spokesman said: “Inqui...
DATE: Jun 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
News Staff