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The Opposition’s Budget reply was last night criticised by government MPs as too long – but short on substance.
Wayne Furbert, the Cabinet Office Minister, attacked a claim by Cole Simons’, the leader of the One Bermuda Alliance, that payroll tax wou...
DATE: Mar 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Opposition’s Reply to the Budget statement amounted to “two hours of rhetoric” closer in tone to a Throne Speech reply, the economy and labour minister claimed yesterday.
Jason Hayward told the House of Assembly that “all of Bermuda should be dis...
DATE: Mar 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The first signature school programmes are on schedule to start in September, the education minister told the House of Assembly.
Diallo Rabain said financial technology, vet sciences, medical sciences and automotive technology will be among the subje...
DATE: Mar 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Government’s new quarantine policy for close and casual contacts in schools is “overly complex, discriminatory and coercive”, a parents’ pressure group has claimed.
A spokeswoman for Us For Them Bermuda said: “Rather than a pragmatic policy on ho...
DATE: Mar 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Anyone with plans to redesign their living room should consider heading to a hotel this weekend.
For the Elbow Beach Hotel is to hold a sale today and tomorrow to dispose of surplus furniture and furnishings.
The sale was organised in collaboration w...
DATE: Mar 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Chelsea Hill, RG Intern
Pupils at a St George’s primary school braved the waters off Fort St Catherine yesterday afternoon to raise funds for their parent teacher association.
The youngsters from East End Primary took part in the Polar Bear Swim at the beauty spot to raise ...
DATE: Mar 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A charity donation option through an insurance company has been extended, it was announced.
CG Insurance launched “Renew. Save. Donate” in November, to give clients the chance to pass on automatic discounts from their home or motor insurance policy r...
DATE: Mar 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Women dealing with grief will be offered support from an art therapy group.
Finding Solace was organised by Rhea Gibbons with the Women’s Resource Centre.
A spokeswoman explained that the art therapy group would give “support for women as they naviga...
DATE: Mar 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Cancer patients have been given a new high-precision non-surgical treatment option, the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre announced.
Chris Fosker, the BCHC medical director, said stereotactic ablative radiotherapy, also known as stereotactic body radi...
DATE: Mar 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Four key triggers for jobs recovery have been targeted to kick start growth, the economy and labour minister told the House of Assembly today.
Jason Hayward said the recovery plans were aimed at powering Bermuda out of the economic crisis caused by ...
DATE: Mar 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
