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More than 800 applications have come in for workers from overseas looking for one-year residency in Bermuda, the labour minister has revealed.
Jason Hayward said more than 700 of them had been approved, which would substantially bolster the 400 now r...
DATE: May 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Tourism experts have backed the Government’s plans to bring in extra restrictions for unvaccinated travellers.
The 14-day supervised quarantine for non-immunised travellers, which will come into force on June 6, was endorsed by the Bermuda Tourism Au...
DATE: May 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A report revealing the public’s views on a proposal to close nine primary schools, renovate nine others and build a new primary school in Devonshire will be released by the end of June, the Ministry of Education has promised.
Consultation on the Prop...
DATE: May 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Details on the implementation of a minimum wage for the island are to be made public this week, capping years of discussion.
Setting a minimum wage should boost jobs for Bermudians and improve pay across the board, according to Jason Hayward, the lab...
DATE: May 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Figures are not yet available to show job categories taken up by unemployed Bermudians after a moratorium on work permits on more than 40 types of jobs was extended to the end of July.
Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, said the ban, imposed in N...
DATE: May 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A conservation programme to increase Bermuda’s threatened cahow population is being adopted around the world to protect other endangered species.
The island’s national bird was once believed to be extinct, but was rediscovered by conservationist Davi...
DATE: May 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A mobile vaccination centre at the Transport Control Department in Pembroke delivered the coronavirus vaccine to 189 people who got their first dose today.
They attended TCD on North Street between 10am and 2pm, where David Burt, the Premier, paid a ...
DATE: May 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Scores of people today took part in a rally against Government’s promotion of Covid-19 vaccinations.
Just under 200 cars and about 20 bikes drove around the island, tooting their horns and waving at passers-by.
At one stage cars came to a standstill...
DATE: May 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Tributes were paid today to one of the island’s top pianists who died last month.
Norma Brown-Raynor, 92, was “a highly sought after pianist who added key rhythms to the Aldano Sextette Band”, according to Dale Butler, a music historian and former go...
DATE: May 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
DATE: May 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Event
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AUTHOR:
Akil Simmons
