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The Government and Opposition sparred into last night over the Budget for the coming fiscal year and the island’s way to economic recovery out of the pandemic.
It came after Cole Simons, the Opposition leader, gave the Reply to the Budget in the Hous...
DATE: Mar 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A fall in the island’s gross domestic product last year will lead to more job losses, the Leader of the Opposition warned yesterday.
Cole Simons, also the One Bermuda Alliance’s shadow finance minister, said that GDP was expected to drop by seven to ...
DATE: Mar 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
About 600 people got their first coronavirus jab after too much vaccine was thawed out, health officials revealed tonight.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said officials were looking at why the extra doses were taken out of deep freeze.
She added: “...
DATE: Mar 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Almost 100 businesses have applied to be part of Government’s $13m economic stimulus programme aimed at small to medium-sized contractors.
The deadline for submissions for the Short Term Stimulus Programme was February 15 and the responses to the Re...
DATE: Mar 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Travel from Britain to Bermuda will be restricted to people with a valid reason while UK stay at home measures are in force, the Government’s London office said today.
The UK office told Bermudians in Britain that people on their way home from next ...
DATE: Mar 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The City of Hamilton today relaunched its electronic newsletter with a new look.
The CityZen will feature new sections such as “instagrammable spots in the city” alongside its lists of city events and job openings.
The newsletter, which was put o...
DATE: Mar 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A decision to back the stalled Caroline Bay resort with a $165 million guarantee was defended today by the Leader of the Opposition.
Cole Simons, also the One Bermuda Alliance shadow finance minister, said the Morgan’s Point site in the West End, a ...
DATE: Mar 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
More than $30 million was spent in the battle against the coronavirus in the first seven months after its arrival last March, it was revealed today.
The news came in a report issued by Heather Thomas, the Auditor-General, after an examination of the...
DATE: Mar 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
More than half of residents over the age of 80 have received a Covid-19 vaccination, the health minister announced yesterday.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said in the House of Assembly that 23,939 vaccinations have been performed up to and inc...
DATE: Mar 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government’s Department of Human Resources will be eliminated on April 1 and replaced by the Department of Employee and Organisational Development, MPs were told today.
The change brings to a close a two year shake-up of Government’s human resources...
DATE: Mar 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
