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A male motorcyclist was killed yesterday evening after his bike was in collision with a wall and he was thrown overboard, police said.
A Bermuda Police Service spokesman said the collision occurred shortly before 6pm at the junction of Middle Road a...
DATE: Nov 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Police have identified the 28-year-old woman who was found dead in a Smith’s Parish home on Thursday as Morissa Moniz.
Miss Moniz was found in an unresponsive state after police responded to a reported domestic incident, a Bermuda Police Service s...
DATE: Nov 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Government must improve administrative procedures to prevent overpayments of emergency unemployment benefits, the Auditor-General has said.
And efforts should be made to recover $3.5 million in estimated overpayments to ensure that the “integrity...
DATE: Nov 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The owners of the Fairmont Southampton will not have the redevelopment of the resort underwritten by the Government, the finance minister has said.
Curtis Dickinson emphasised that no government could be expected to take on the risks of private devel...
DATE: Nov 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The Bermuda Health Council has called on the Court of Appeal to overturn a decision to allow a clinic to offer services under the Standard Health Benefit.
Ben Adamson, counsel for the BHeC, said the body reasonably refused the Hamilton Medical Centre...
DATE: Nov 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An online marketplace for island businesses to sell Bermudian products and experiences will be launched at the end of the month.
David Burt told the House of Assembly on Friday that the economic recovery plan had identified the establishment of a sm...
DATE: Nov 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
Patients will be the main focus of a new universal health coverage plan, the Minister of Health said on Friday.
Kim Wilson told the House of Assembly that a three-year plan would begin with a “foundational” layer to include projects highlighted in th...
DATE: Nov 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A bill extending the operating hours of cruise ship casinos was passed in the House of Assembly on Friday night.
Currently, casinos on ships can only open between 9pm and 5am in Bermuda’s waters but the Cruise Ships (Casinos) Amendment Act passed yes...
DATE: Nov 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A 60-day extension of public health emergency regulations was passed in the House of Assembly on Friday.
Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, read the Public Health (Covid-19) Emergency Extension (No 6) Order 2021 in the absence of Kim Wilson, the...
DATE: Nov 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Discussions between the Government and a landowner that has stalled wall repairs on Harbour Road works are expected to be resolved “shortly”.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works said discussions had been productive and it was hoped work woul...
DATE: Nov 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
