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The finance minister today welcomed a “stamp of approval” from leading credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s after it affirmed Bermuda’s sovereign debt ratings.
Curtis Dickinson said the decision by S&P reflected government’s handling of the Covid-...
DATE: May 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
Planning applications have doubled year-on-year, according to the Deputy Premier.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, this morning told the House of Assembly, that the number of planning applications reflect the state of the economy with the ...
DATE: May 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda will move into phase 2 on its road map to recovery this weekend, the health minister revealed last night.
Kim Wilson said Bermuda’s health indicators for the latest coronavirus outbreak were “moving in the right direction” and the recent clam...
DATE: May 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Legislation to pave the way for casino gaming and a bill to halve the cost of liquor licences are expected to be debated by the House of Assembly today.
The two pieces of gaming legislation – tabled in March – were designed to lay more groundwork for...
DATE: May 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Details of the supervised quarantine programme for non-immunised travellers were revealed last night.
David Burt, the Premier, gave a grim warning on the “very significant and detrimental consequences for the entire country” if travellers with the co...
DATE: May 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
More than $4m has been paid out to thousands of workers in unemployment benefits since a fresh round of pandemic restrictions were imposed last December, the Premier revealed last night.
David Burt added the finance ministry was aware of delays in p...
DATE: May 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Children aged 17 and under who travel to Bermuda will not have to have had Covid-19 vaccine or quarantine – as long as all adults in their travelling group are vaccinated.
The rules, posted online by the Bermuda Tourism Authority, will remain in forc...
DATE: May 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Department of Education will run a series of online town hall meetings next week to teach parents about the coronavirus saliva test programme.
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said the programme was designed to help control the spread of...
DATE: May 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Law student Aisling Gorman was preparing for the last of her examinations of the Fall term when she started to experience the first symptoms of Covid-19. Months later, she is still feeling the effects of its related ailment, Long Covid.
Not everyone ...
DATE: May 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
A crown removed from a nearly century-old tower has been refurbished and returned after eight months.
The crown at the Manor House condominiums in Smith’s was removed after the tower was damaged during Hurricane Paulette last summer and reinstalled y...
DATE: May 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson