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The Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority can carry out some of its banking overseas after a law change.
MPs agreed on Friday in the House of Assembly to allow the authority, which oversees safety and regulation for Bermuda-registered aircraft, to place i...
DATE: Jul 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
MPs have given the green light to legislation reducing the responsibilities of the Board of Education.
The board will no longer be tasked with making a case to the Public Service Commission on appointing principals, or directors of the Department of ...
DATE: Jul 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Hamilton Rotary Club has donated $5,000 to the Friends of Hospice charity.
The money will support the building fund for the new Agape palliative and hospice care facility.
The donation was made possible through the fundraising efforts of longsta...
DATE: Jul 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Debt collectors will get a break on reporting their accounts for 2020 because of the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic last year, the House of Assembly heard.
But the Debt Collection Amendment Act 2021, despite using the word “exempt”, will ...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A charity is appealing for people who are interested in becoming board directors or sitting on committees to step forward.
Age Concern Bermuda (ACB) is inviting applications from members of the community who wish to volunteer their time and expertise...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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Returning students have been put through an “emotional roller-coaster” when they were mistakenly sent home only to be put into mandatory quarantine days later, frustrated parents told The Royal Gazette this weekend.
It came as Opposition MP Michael ...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Special development orders, legislated for parliamentary scrutiny ten years ago, are no longer to go before the House of Assembly under legislation tabled on Friday.
But Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, told The Royal Gazette there were “no p...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of Quan-Marley Lowe, with a 24-year-old Sandys Parish man expected to appear today in Magistrates’ Court.
A police spokesman said two others have been released on police bail.
Mr Lowe, 3...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An exemption for large groups to attend league cricket drew hundreds of spectators to matches over the weekend, but the relaxation of SafeKey rules drew criticism from the One Bermuda Alliance.
The “moving targets” in the island’s Covid-19 restricti...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A playground destroyed by fire will rise from the ashes, according to an executive committee tasked with rebuilding the site targeted by an arsonist.
The Pig’s Field Family Connection has been launched to work in tandem with community members and t...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Campaigns
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan