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The under-fire national security minister and the tourism and transport minister were forced last night to quit their jobs after uproar over a weekend party at a plush restaurant that breached Covid-19 regulations.
Wayne Caines, the national security...
DATE: Jul 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police today reminded the public about limits on the size of public gatherings after reports of events that attracted crowds of more than the permitted 50 people.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Martin Weekes said: “We have now entered Phase 4 of th...
DATE: Jul 07, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Dancing without a mask on at a dinner in a restaurant was a “mistake”, the former tourism minister admitted today.
Zane DeSilva said he had to “pay the price” for his actions and apologised to David Burt, the Premier, as well as residents.
He told th...
DATE: Jul 07, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Mayor of Hamilton vowed to go to court yesterday over the Government’s intention to do away with the corporations of Hamilton and St George.
Charles Gosling said the city authority was “not going to take this lying down”.
Mr Gosling threw down th...
DATE: Jul 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Casino fees could be waived or deferred in exceptional circumstances in amended regulations approved by the House of Assembly.
David Burt, the Premier, explained that hurricanes and public health emergencies were included in the scenarios that might ...
DATE: Jul 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Measures to allow the Minister of Finance to defer taxes and compliance requirement in situations such as a pandemic have been approved by legislators.
Amendments to both the Companies Act and the Public Treasury Act were given the green light by bot...
DATE: Jul 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Changes to the social studies curriculum in public schools were designed to make sure it was “grounded in a Bermudian context”, the education minister told the House of Assembly.
Diallo Rabain highlighted work to focus on black history in schools. “I...
DATE: Jul 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Covid-19 crisis made this year a difficult one for the Bermuda Sloop Foundation.
The charity still had cause to cheer at its awards ceremony last night in Dockyard for students who excelled on its training vessel Spirit of Bermuda.
Mechanical iss...
DATE: Jul 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Warwick restaurant could be shut down after Cabinet ministers were among revellers who failed to adhere to stringent Covid-19 health guidelines at a charity bash.
Short video clips making the rounds on social media showed guests dancing in proximit...
DATE: Jul 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda remained free of Covid-19 infection after another day of testing on Saturday.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health said 138 new test results were received, but none were positive for the virus.
The spokeswoman added: “Bermuda has had 146 ...
DATE: Jul 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes