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The Attorney-General will stand in the Sandys North seat for the Progressive Labour Party after veteran politician Michael Scott announced his retirement from politics.
Kathy Lynn Simmons, also the Minister of Legal Affairs and a senator in the last ...
DATE: Sep 03, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A charity has donated three ipads and cases to a centre set up to help children and young people with autism.
The Committee of 25 gave the devices to Tomorrow’s Voices, an autism early intervention specialist.
Jahnae Harvey, the senior behaviour ther...
DATE: Sep 03, 2020
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Other
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News Staff
Another One Bermuda Alliance veteran is to step away from politics, it was revealed yesterday.
Patricia Gordon-Pamplin has stood down from Paget West in favour of Jarion Richardson, who sat in the Senate for the OBA in the last Parliament.
Catherine ...
DATE: Sep 03, 2020
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Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating 17-year-old Taya Smith.
A Bermuda Police Service spokesman said: “Ms Smith was last seen shortly before midnight at the Brangman Home in Smith’s Parish. At the time, she was wearing a grey jacket...
DATE: Sep 03, 2020
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News Staff
The Green Route ferry scheduled to depart from Rockaway at 7.55am on Thursday has been cancelled, the Department of Marine and Ports Services announced last night.
Marine and Ports said the cancellation was due to “unforeseen circumstances”.
A spokes...
DATE: Sep 03, 2020
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News Staff
Several capital projects, from renewable energy to infrastructure, can go ahead thanks to the Government’s raising of $1.35 billion in bonds, Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, said yesterday.
A host of capital projects in the 2020-21 Budget unv...
DATE: Sep 03, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s coronavirus test regime ranks top in the Americas and seventh worldwide per head of population, it was revealed last night.
Kim Wilson, the health minister said the island had carried out nearly 46,000 tests during the pandemic.
She was spe...
DATE: Sep 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The General Election will not be dampened by the Covid-19 pandemic, said Crystal Caesar and Tinée Furbert, of the Progressive Labour Party.
The pair said the PLP had demonstrated a record of bringing forward legislation to improve the lives of famili...
DATE: Sep 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Residents can make the most of a stay in one of the island’s hotels over the next few weeks after the launch of a Staycation Month yesterday.
The promotion, led by the Bermuda Tourism Authority, features ten properties in an attempt to help “stimulat...
DATE: Sep 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Ministry of Public Works today announced changes to the trash collection schedule over the Labour Day holiday.
Household waste normally collected on September 7 will be picked up on September 5.
West End recycling will be collected on September ...
DATE: Sep 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan