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Insurers will be given a say in the drafting of universal healthcare in Bermuda, the Senate heard yesterday.
Arianna Hodgson, the junior labour, health and finance minister, was responding to queries from independent senator John Wight on the Bermuda...
DATE: Feb 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Mask requirements for young schoolchildren came up for question in the Senate as the Upper House agreed to extend Covid-19 emergency health orders beyond the end of this month to March 31.
Arianna Hodgson, the junior health minister, said there was “...
DATE: Feb 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new Progressive Labour Party senator paid tribute in the Upper House to former PLP MP Walter King as well as sports coach Myron Bean.
The Reverend Emily Gail Dill gave condolences to the family of Mr King, who served in the House of Assembly from 1...
DATE: Feb 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A "prolific“ criminal who admitted stealing a van and burglary of a house will be sentenced tomorrow after he was turned away from Drug Treatment Court.
Dean O’Brien, 60, pleaded guilty last year to taking a van without the owner’s consent in Decembe...
DATE: Feb 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Ukrainians in Bermuda fear for their families and friends after Russia was accused of planning a full-scale invasion of their homeland
DATE: Feb 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A mother who lived with family and friends for more than a year cried when she learnt that she would have her own space as part of a life-changing programme
DATE: Feb 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A magistrate launched legal action yesterday for wrongful arrest against the Attorney-General and a police officer.
Khamisi Tokunbo filed a writ against the Commissioner of Police last year, but the Supreme Court heard yesterday that he wanted to ame...
DATE: Feb 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A tag day for the Scout Association of Bermuda is to help raise funds for activities and camping trips.
Scouts will sell tags at Lindo’s in Devonshire and Warwick from 8am to 7pm on Saturday.
Geoffrey Rothwell, the Bermuda Scouts Chief Commissioner, ...
DATE: Feb 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Opposition One Bermuda Alliance is backing the Government’s plans to tackle domestic violence.
Last week, Tinée Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors, said that a gender affairs office was being planned to examine the issues of ...
DATE: Feb 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Businesses in ailing St George feel “abandoned” by the authorities as they struggle to reinvigorate the Unesco World Heritage Site
DATE: Feb 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan