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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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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The House of Assembly is set to return today with plans for the future of North East Hamilton.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, is expected to table the North East Hamilton Local Plan, which is intended to establish a framework for the Dep...
DATE: Jun 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Approval has been given to change control at the Finger solar farm beside the airport.
The Regulatory Authority said that its consent to the transfer will mean that FB Solar LLC — owned by the Bermuda Infrastructure Fund — will become the “indirect p...
DATE: Jun 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
More than 100 primary school pupils entered the annual Belco kite safety poster campaign this year.
Lyric Davis-Marshall, a P1 student at East End Primary School, has been named overall winner with a colourful creation advising kite flyers how to fly...
DATE: Jun 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An annual all-female relay race is returning to Front Street on Sunday to raise funds for the Women’s Resource Centre.
The You Go Girl relay is set to kick off at 8.30am, with teams of three tackling a six-kilometre course, either all together or in ...
DATE: Jun 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An elderly man was tricked out of $65,000 worth of cash and gift cards in a scheme that lasted more than a year, police said.
Residents were warned about a scam where people are told they are prize draw winners but must keep the windfall secret.
A Be...
DATE: Jun 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Randy Horton, a former Speaker of the House, has been appointed an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours for his service to sport and public service on the island.
Mr Horton was joined on th...
DATE: Jun 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Motorists are advised to expect delays when trench work gets under way in Warwick next week.
Crews will be working on South Shore Road between Privateer Lane across to Tearoom Hill near the Warwick Seventh-Day Adventist Church.
Work starts next Monda...
DATE: Jun 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An emergency summit needs to be held in the next 30 days to get a grip on the cost of living, the leader of Bermuda’s biggest trade union has insisted.
Chris Furbert, head of the Bermuda Industrial Union, said the Government and all stakeholders shou...
DATE: Jun 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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More than 15,000 cases of Covid-19 have now been logged in Bermuda since the start of the pandemic, government figures released last night show.
In the latest weekly update, the Ministry of Health said it has received 9,343 test results, and 330 were...
DATE: Jun 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes