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A massive turnout for the island’s Black Lives Matter demonstration a year ago was a moment of truth for the leaders of the charity Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda, its president has said.
Lynne Winfield, the head of CURB, joined the procession ...
DATE: Jun 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A motorcyclist caught out after curfew started and later admitted he was “drunk” was last week sent to the DUI Court.
Michael Simons, 25, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to a breach of the midnight to 5am curfew and refusal to take a breath test...
DATE: Jun 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Legislation to allow on-the-spot fines for breaches of Covid-19 safety rules will be debated in less than two weeks.
The legislation, tabled by Kim Wilson, the health minister, will allow police officers who see an offence to issue public health pena...
DATE: Jun 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A grass roots campaign group has distanced itself to the Government’s plans for a fish processing plant in the East End.
Willie Ferguson, the chairman of Mobilise Organise Visualise Execute – Move – said the Government’s plan for the Marginal Wharf, ...
DATE: Jun 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Flights between the Azores and Bermuda could strengthen cultural ties between the two countries, the Minister of Youth, Culture and Sports said on Friday.
Ernest Peets said the “burgeoning and vibrant arts and creative scene” in the Azores could give...
DATE: Jun 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
LONDON (AP) — The Group of Seven wealthy democracies agreed today to support a global minimum corporate tax rate of at least 15 per cent in order to deter multinational companies from avoiding taxes by stashing profits in low-rate countries.
G-7 fin...
DATE: Jun 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
AP
A mandatory hotel quarantine at their own expense for non-immunised travellers to Bermuda will come into force on June 13 rather than tomorrow, the Government announced this morning.
The news came after a Supreme Court challenge yesterday where Chief...
DATE: Jun 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new hotel is on the hunt for more than 100 staff after it opened its doors last month, it was revealed yesterday.
Management at the St Regis in St George’s added that it would also run a Casino Gaming Academy, starting on June 21.
Jan Vanhaelewyn, ...
DATE: Jun 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A Supreme Court bid for a temporary block on the introduction of a controversial Covid-19 regulation to force non-vaccinated residents who returned from overseas to pay for quarantine in a hotel was rejected yesterday.
Chief Justice Narinder Hargun s...
DATE: Jun 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government has abandoned plans to purchase the failed Sandys 360 sports centre, the House of Assembly heard yesterday morning.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said the purchase had been complicated by outstanding debt.
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DATE: Jun 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes