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A commitment to protect Bermuda’s environment was renewed after a major environment conference in Glasgow last week.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said last week’s Throne Speech highlighted the Government’s dedication to safeguard the s...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Observances to mark the end of “the war to end all wars” will be scaled down and closed to the public this year.
Tomorrow’s Remembrance Day ceremony will start at 10.30am with the laying of the wreaths taking place in front of the Cenotaph on the Cab...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
An organisation that celebrates public infrastructure innovation hailed the “new standards” set by Bermuda’s airport redevelopment project.
The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships announced that the scheme was one of five winners in an ...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A reinsurance firm has donated $45,000 to help pay for Covid-19 tests in schools.
PartnerRe said the donation towards lateral antigen testing was designed to help pupils get back to their classrooms.
A spokesman said: “PartnerRe is committed to suppo...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Compulsory Covid-19 vaccinations for health and social services staff are being considered by the Cabinet, the health minister revealed yesterday.
Kim Wilson was speaking as England brought in tough new rules on vaccination for NHS staff designed to ...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The City of Hamilton continued its battle for survival yesterday in the face of a government plan to turn both of the island’s municipalities into quangos and end local elections.
The Supreme Court earlier ruled that the Municipalities Reform Act was...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Dutch bank employee has embarked on a mission to remember more than 280 soldiers – including five Bermudians – who gave their lives in the liberation of Europe in the Second World War.
Oscar Huisman, said his village of Overloon was the site of a c...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Subscribers to www.royalgazette.com and other Royal Gazette digital properties are to be asked to change their passwords this week as part of a security upgrade for the website.
A Royal Gazette spokesman said: “In the past year we have made a numbe...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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Plans for the new session of Parliament could be hit by a lack of cash, a top economist warned last night.
Craig Simmons, a Bermuda College lecturer, added that last Friday’s Throne Speech lacked detail.
Mr Simmons said the speech was “ambitious”. He...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Covid-19 outbreaks have hit schools in the wake of a return to classes after the midterm break, the education minister has said.
Diallo Rabain said: “There have been some. They are private matters.
He added: “There have been a few – there have been v...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
