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Bermuda joined the rest of the world today to celebrate Human Rights Day.
The event at City Hall in Hamilton, organised by the Human Rights Commission, Social Justice Bermuda, Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda and Imagine Bermuda, highlighted the ...
DATE: Dec 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A new fleet of electric buses will cost less than half the price of older diesel vehicles, the transport minister told the House of Assembly yesterday morning.
Lawrence Scott said 30 buses, built by the Golden Dragon Bus Company in China at a cost of...
DATE: Dec 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A section of Middle Road in Warwick was to be closed last night and later restricted to one lane to allow road-widening work to be carried out.
The Ministry of Public Works announced that the first phase of the work, east of Burnt House Hill, will in...
DATE: Dec 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The House of Assembly was updated yesterday morning on key meetings to keep the island off the European Union’s list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions.
Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, briefed MPs on meetings held in London and Brussels.
Mr...
DATE: Dec 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bill designed to strengthen Bermuda’s human rights laws and promote equality was yesterday tabled in the House of Assembly by the One Bermuda Alliance.
The proposed legislation would create an Equality Council at the Human Rights Commission which ...
DATE: Dec 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
One more case of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been isolated, health officials said last night.
The infection was found in a person who arrived on the island from overseas. There have now been two confirmed Omicron cases on the islan...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Roadside breath test checkpoints will be set up across four parishes for a week over the Christmas period.
A Government notice warned that road blocks would be operated by police every day from December 20 to Boxing Day.
The checkpoints will all be ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Roadside breath-test checkpoints set up without warning have been ruled out by the transport minister.
Lawrence Scott said he did not recall a conversation at a meeting with former Commissioner of Police Steven Corbishley about the possibility of ab...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Road users on Harbour Road will face two sets of lane closures when repairs start on a second area of wall later this month.
The news came as the Ministry of Public Works announced that work on the road between Lover’s Lane and Highwood Lane in Paget...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A police investigation has been launched into an alleged sexual assault by an overseas rugby player, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
A source said the player was alleged to have groped another man in a Hamilton bar.
A date for the alleged offence was n...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan