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PLP Wins 2020 General Election (Photographs by Akil Simmons)
DATE: Oct 01, 2020
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Voters were asked to “take a leap” yesterday and “speak boldly” when they went to the polls today.
Craig Cannonier, the leader of the One Bermuda Alliance, added that his party had learnt from its time in government from 2012 to 2017.
He said: “You h...
DATE: Oct 01, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Bermuda Government said it planned to clarify an executive order made by the Governor of New York that ruled travellers from all but 31 countries must be alerted to mandatory quarantine requirements when they entered the state.
International arri...
DATE: Oct 01, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Government used leftover cash from the 2017 America’s Cup to pay a US company to organise a string of Cup Match parties for social-media “celebrities”.
David Burt and his Cabinet approved the “sole source” contract with Mosaic Sales Solutions for...
DATE: Oct 01, 2020
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Police confirmed last night that “a person of interest” was helping with inquiries in connection with an $800,000 government deal with an American music promoter.
The news came after lawyers for the Government failed to locate Anthony Blakey in Georg...
DATE: Oct 01, 2020
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A private school has appointed a principal designate, it was revealed yesterday.
Anna Faria-Machado joined Mount St Agnes Academy in September 1999 as a grade-six teacher and has taught at several levels at the school and was promoted to assistant p...
DATE: Oct 01, 2020
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Progressive Labour Party candidate Wayne Caines has defended making a $1,000 donation to a football match in the constituency in which he is standing.
Mr Caines, the candidate in Devonshire North West, was filmed in a video that circulated on social...
DATE: Oct 01, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The three parties in a battle for power in today’s General Election have made their final pitches to the people.
Now Bermuda’s voters will get the last word on who will hold the reins of government after weeks of campaigning and the emergence of a ne...
DATE: Oct 01, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A pilot fishing co-operative was launched yesterday.
David Burt, the Premier, said the Bermuda Triangle Fishing Co-operative would increase fishermen’s incomes and boost the market for island-caught fish.
He added that fish was a Bermudian staple, bu...
DATE: Oct 01, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Election candidates at a youth forum answered the call to ensure environmental protection.
Desmond Crockwell, of the Free Democratic Movement, and Jason Hayward, of the Progressive Labour Party, both pledged to look into sustainable initiatives to sl...
DATE: Oct 01, 2020
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