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A range of changes to legislation designed to create a cannabis industry was yesterday put forward by social justice campaigners.
Social Justice Bermuda wrote to senators as they prepared to debate the Cannabis Licensing Act today.
The group said it ...
DATE: Mar 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A public toilet in Hamilton is to be renovated to make it vandal-proof and easier to clean.
Charles Waters, the assistant engineer at the City of Hamilton, said the design would move to individual stalls with their own sinks and hand dryers to improv...
DATE: Mar 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Bermuda Festival today announced it would hold a virtual event this year.
The Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts said it was planned to put on at least one show a month from May.
A spokeswoman for the festival said: “Priority will be given t...
DATE: Mar 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Some buses will be diverted from their normal routes this week due to roadworks, the Ministry of Transport said today.
A spokesperson said: “The public is advised that road works on Harrington Sound Road will require major diversions for bus routes 1...
DATE: Mar 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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A total of six new coronavirus cases were found out of 1,385 test results that came back today, the Ministry of Health announced last night.
There are now 19 active cases with 18 being monitored by public health officials. The other is in hospital, b...
DATE: Mar 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Almost 1,500 bus cancellations were recorded in the first two months of 2021, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
There were 750 routes cancelled last month and 697 in January.
The Bermuda Minibus Association, which covers 34 school bus routes a day becau...
DATE: Mar 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Budget will help diversify the economy and increase the workforce without a hike in the national debt, the finance minister said at a press conference today.
Curtis Dickinson renewed his pledge that there would be no new taxes in the next 12 mont...
DATE: Mar 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Charity leaders yesterday said that they were overwhelmed by the public’s reaction after thieves stole $10,000 worth of appliances from an under-construction centre for vulnerable families.
Habitat for Humanity, which is building the Transformational...
DATE: Mar 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
There are almost 3,000 fewer jobs on the island than a year ago, the Premier said yesterday.
But David Burt predicted last Friday’s Budget laid the foundations for an economic recovery that would diversify the economy and get Bermudians back to work....
DATE: Mar 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A dispute that led to three days of industrial action at a Government quarry has been resolved, it was revealed yesterday.
Arnold Smith, a Bermuda Industrial Union official, said an “amicable solution” was reached after a meeting last week between th...
DATE: Mar 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson