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Almost one in three of the complaints received by the Human Rights Commission in 2020 were claims of discrimination on the grounds of disability, according to the Commission’s annual report.
The report, tabled today in the House of Assembly by Tinee...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The life span of the ferry Resolute has been extended by 12 years following a $2 million refit at the shipyard where it was originally built in 2002.
The House of Assembly also heard that Bermuda’s flagship pilot boat St David, damaged in May after i...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s small and medium-sized businesses were kept afloat with $4.4 million in aid from the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, the House of Assembly heard this morning.
David Burt, the Premier, ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Firefighters extinguished a car fire on Roberts Avenue, Devonshire last night.
A Fire Service spokesman said the Service received a report at 10.36pm that was care was engulfed in flames and one appliance from Hamilton Station responded with four f...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Opposition is calling on Government to enforce mandatory supervised quarantine laws following a series of incidents at the airport this week.
Michael Dunkley, the One Bermuda Alliance spokesman for national security, pointed out that the party op...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Bermuda has one of the best Covid-19 testing regimes in the world, according to the Premier.
David Burt added that countries were following Bermuda as a model to improve their own testing rates.
Mr Burt was speaking at the official opening of a new p...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
“Digital policing”, with a boost in digital forensics and cybercrime investigation, is one of the priorities for a new five-year plan unveiled for the service.
Switching from paper to electronic documents, upgrading CCTV, replacing body cameras and a...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Controversial changes to Special Development Orders are expected to be debated today in the House of Assembly.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs has said the Development and Planning Amendment Act 2021 is intended to streamline the SDO proce...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Online registration to volunteer at the upcoming Bermuda Championship has now opened.
The Bermuda BF&M Volunteer Programme hopes to enlist more than 500 volunteers to serve on 17 committees for the golf tournament.
Sean Sovacool, the executive direct...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The City of Hamilton is to almost double its original budget to fund extra police on the beat.
The Extra Duty Police Officer Programme launched in October 2020 with a commitment of $57,000 will now be boosted by a further $54,000 enabling continued h...
DATE: Jul 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan