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David Burt sidelined input from MPs in the run-up to putting together the Throne Speech because he was too focused on getting re-elected as Progressive Labour Party leader, party sources have told The Royal Gazette.
The traditional “retreat” gatheri...
DATE: Nov 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The island’s farmers appear to have been shut out of a planned vertical-farming industry — one of the Government’s central initiatives to revive the economy.
At a press conference yesterday, Jason Hayward, the Minister of Economy, confirmed that the ...
DATE: Nov 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
One person was injured after a bus swerved off the road and into a trench yesterday, according to police
The accident happened just after 4.30pm on North Shore Road in Devonshire, near the former Clayhouse Inn.
Rush-hour traffic was heavily backed up...
DATE: Nov 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
At least 33 children aged 5 and under were so far this year infected by a respiratory virus that may have spread more quickly after Covid-19 public health measures were relaxed.
Ayoola Oyinloye, the Chief Medical Officer, said there was a group of ch...
DATE: Nov 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A Supreme Court jury yesterday was shown CCTV footage of the night a man was shot dead.
Detective Constable Christopher Sabean showed clips taken on the night of November 3, 2017, when Morlan Steede, 30, was chased by a gunman through the Deepdale ne...
DATE: Nov 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Ferry services resumed today after they were suspended owing to poor weather yesterday.
A government spokeswoman said: “The Department of Marine and Ports Services has resumed service on the Green and Blue ferry routes this morning.
“For the ferry s...
DATE: Nov 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Any training provided to learner motorcycle riders on Bermuda’s roads must be conducted by highly trained professional instructors for it to be safe, a surgeon and road safety campaigner has warned.
Joseph Froncioni said that while he welcomed the T...
DATE: Nov 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Residents are wearing their poppies with pride ahead of tomorrow’s Remembrance Day ceremony.
Members of the Bermuda Regiment were out in force on the streets of Hamilton handing out the paper flowers and collecting donations for the Bermuda Legion — ...
DATE: Nov 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Vance Campbell said today he was looking forward to being consulted on the appointment of a new chief executive for the Bermuda Tourism Authority.
The Minister of Tourism was asked at a press conference when he expected the successful candidate for t...
DATE: Nov 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda is not competitive when it comes to hotel investment and needs to change approach, David Burt said yesterday.
He added at a post-Throne Speech press conference that the tourism minister needs greater discretion when it comes to dealing with d...
DATE: Nov 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly