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The Government paid out $11 million to redundant hotel workers at the Fairmont Southampton without an agreement from owner Gencom that the money would be paid back, it was revealed today.
Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, added that the Governm...
DATE: Nov 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government today announced it planned to change the Employment Act to bar long extensions to probation periods for employees.
Jason Howard said other alterations would clarify the definition of independent contractors and require employers to have m...
DATE: Nov 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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The descendants of a man forced to sell his property in Tucker’s Town told a Commission of Inquiry into historic land losses that he was not paid for all of the land bought by compulsory purchase.
Joann Adams told the Commission that her great grandf...
DATE: Nov 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A middle school and two companies have closed their doors temporarily after staff members tested positive for the coronavirus.
A private school has also closed for a period after a potential exposure to the bug.
The Government also announced that all...
DATE: Nov 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Government has failed to collect more than $1.7 million in fees paid through an online Covid-19 travel authorisation portal on its website, it was confirmed today.
Kim Wilson told the House of Assembly that tech firm ResQwest was hired by Governm...
DATE: Nov 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Members of Parliament on both sides of the House yesterday welcomed a Bill to lease a closed East End resort to a hotel developer for up to 262 years.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, told the House of Assembly yesterday ...
DATE: Nov 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The delivery of $580,000 worth of hi-tech Chromebooks for high school pupils has been delayed for five months because of a Chinese trade embargo imposed by US President Donald Trump, the education minister revealed today.
Diallo Rabain told the House...
DATE: Nov 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said today five new cases of Covid-19 had been recorded.
The news came after Bermuda’s country status was earlier downgraded from “sporadic cases” to “clusters of cases“.
Two of the new cases came in from overseas...
DATE: Nov 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Hospitals Board is haemorrhaging cash through unearned overtime payments to senior doctors, it has been claimed.
Complaints have been filed against one doctor accused of regularly walking off the job after completion of his rounds midway ...
DATE: Nov 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Bermuda Post Office is moving forward with a public-private partnership with an international consolidation company for package forwarding and consolidation services from the US, it was revealed today.
Wayne Furbert, the Minister for the Cabine...
DATE: Nov 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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