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The value of Russian assets held in Bermuda is unknown, the British Government has said.
But a parliamentary briefing paper issued last week quoted a 2018 report from Global Witness which claimed Bermuda-based companies had received $7.1 billion in d...
DATE: Mar 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda’s Covid-19 travel restrictions eased on Monday — but new border rules were of no use for an elderly Bermudian traveller denied a flight home.
The 80-year-old was left stunned and out of pocket after officials from budget airline JetBlue at Ne...
DATE: Mar 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A final bill for repair work to a pilot boat damaged last year is still to be delivered, the House of Assembly heard yesterday.
Lawrence Scott, the transport minister, told MPs that the Department of Marine and Ports awaited “the final invoices relat...
DATE: Mar 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A motorcyclist was banned from the roads for three months yesterday and fined $1,000 after he was caught riding at nearly three times the speed limit.
Rayjuan Seymour, 26, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to speeding at 102km/h.
Magistrate Maxann...
DATE: Mar 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
An appeal to raise funds for Ukrainians has passed its $100,000 target.
Ann Spencer-Arscott, the executive director of the Bermuda Red Cross, said that donations totalled $130,000.
She added: “We are so grateful to the community for their generosity ...
DATE: Mar 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Details of a $170,000-a-year consultancy contract at the island’s troubled incinerator are being kept under wraps by the Government.
Wayne Furbert, acting minister for public works at the time, confirmed last month that a project engineer had been hi...
DATE: Mar 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Government has failed to explain why Canal Road in Pembroke remains closed after part of a wall in the area collapsed eight months ago.
The one-way portion of the road that runs from Palmetto Road past the WER Joell Tennis Stadium to the roundabo...
DATE: Mar 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A plan to replace the Swing Bridge in St George’s has been put on the back-burner because of the financial crisis faced by the Government.
But Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said $400,000 had been earmarked in this year...
DATE: Mar 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Big-hearted athletes who pitched in for the Bermuda SPCA were joined at their cheque presentation by a young dog in need of a home.
Women of the Docksider Netball Team gathered outside the Hamilton pub to meet Spice, a four-year-old Staffordshire bul...
DATE: Mar 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Moving more people from unemployment benefit to Financial Assistance will help identify barriers to employment, the economy and labour minister said yesterday.
Jason Hayward said: “Our aim is to transition as much people as we possibly can on to the ...
DATE: Mar 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
