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An employee won the right to their personnel records after an investigation by information commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez.
The employee had made a request under Public Access to Information to see their records after they were referred to counselli...
DATE: Mar 10, 2018
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Howard Charles, a farmer and animal lover who died on Thursday aged 69, was “born, bred and unfortunately passed in Devonshire”, Progressive Labour Party MP Christopher Famous said yesterday.
A lifelong carriage driver, Mr Charles’s life was claimed ...
DATE: Mar 10, 2018
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Shadow Attorney-General Trevor Moniz was kicked out of the House of Assembly last night amid a row over files regarding the Bermuda Government’s lawsuit against the Lahey Clinic.
He was told to leave after he repeatedly accused national security mini...
DATE: Mar 10, 2018
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New cash for the island’s tourism quango will be earmarked to prepare Bermudians for the hospitality workforce.
Jamahl Simmons, Minister of Economic Development and Tourism, said: “Tourism growth and success must include Bermudians at every level of...
DATE: Mar 10, 2018
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Ruth Paynter, a businesswoman and icon of Hamilton Parish known as Aunt Ruth, has died, aged 94.
Her sister, Eva Hodgson, a historian and social activist, said the owner of Landfall restaurant and Clear View suites and villas was also a devout Christ...
DATE: Mar 10, 2018
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Jonathan Bell
Opposition leader Jeanne Atherden questioned during the Budget debate of finance why government staff could not draw cash from the Contributory Pension Fund in times of hardship.
David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance, said his government h...
DATE: Mar 10, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Legislation designed to regulate Airbnb-style vacation rental property is to be introduced.
Jamahl Simmons, Minister of Economic Development and Tourism, said: “The regulatory framework is under review and being considered in consultation with stake...
DATE: Mar 10, 2018
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Tourism
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Three pieces of legislation were passed without objection in the House of Assembly this week.
Members of Parliament approved the Companies and Partnerships (Fees) Act 2018, the Motor Car Amendment Act 2018 and the Auxiliary Bicycles Amendment Act 20...
DATE: Mar 10, 2018
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A pirate-themed fundraiser to support the Bermuda Sloop Foundation has been postponed.
The foundation said that a combination of “weather uncertainty” and other logistics were behind the date change.
The event, originally set for this Sunday, will n...
DATE: Mar 10, 2018
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Municipal elections in May will be postponed for a year after home affairs minister Walton Brown launched an attack on the Corporation of Hamilton’s “failures of accountability”.
The Municipalities Amendment Act, tabled yesterday by Mr Brown, will gi...
DATE: Mar 10, 2018
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