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The Premier was last night engulfed in a fresh crisis after a minister he claimed he fired insisted that she had quit over a series of problems.
Renée Ming, who was the national security minister, said: “I resigned from the Premier’s Cabinet.”
But sh...
DATE: Mar 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A judge has ordered that a dispute between a senior Government lawyer and former clients be referred to the police after the lawyer pledged to repay the clients more than $70,000.
The Supreme Court heard that lawyer Myron Simmons, who is a senior Cro...
DATE: Mar 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Senate heard that “smoking weed” should not be seen as normal as the Upper House split down the middle on a vote yesterday on whether to legalise cannabis.
The vote on the second reading of the Cannabis Licensing Act 2022 was tied — but under pa...
DATE: Mar 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Electricity bills will go up on Friday after a rate increase for the island’s power provider was approved.
The Regulatory Authority, which oversees energy and telecommunications in Bermuda, has given Belco the green light for a hike of about 11.4 per...
DATE: Mar 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Will Renée Ming’s abrupt departure from Cabinet be the latest, lasting sting to David Burt’s premiership?
Mr Burt said he fired the former national security minister – Ms Ming insisted she walked because of multiple disagreements with the head of gov...
DATE: Mar 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Coronavirus vaccinations will continue even after a Hamilton clinic shuts tomorrow, the health minister said.
Kim Wilson said the vaccination centre would be available at several other sites, including the former Crisson’s jewellery store on Front St...
DATE: Mar 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A woman told a court yesterday that she was sexually assaulted at least four times by a tenant in her family home and that the abuse started when she was just four years old.
The woman, now 35, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the Supreme ...
DATE: Mar 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Plans to build a funicular railway at a resort created out of a failed affordable housing project have been scrapped.
The showpiece funicular at the Bermudiana Beach Resort on South Road, Warwick would have connected the clifftop site with the beach....
DATE: Mar 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A newly launched study of whale song in Bermuda waters could reveal what “phrases” are shared across groups as humpbacks pass the island.
All humpbacks make noise underwater – but only the males are known to sing.
Marine biologist Nan Hauser, who hel...
DATE: Mar 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
No record was kept of how many schooldays children in the public education system have missed since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The Department of Education admitted that it did not hold the statistics after a pub...
DATE: Mar 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan