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The Senate approved the 2017-18 budgets for the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Home Affairs yesterday.
One Bermuda Alliance senator Vic Ball outlined the Home Affairs revenue estimates for the next fiscal year, while senator Michael Fahy pro...
DATE: Mar 22, 2017
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Bermuda’s citizens are being urged by Greenrock to turn the lights out this Saturday and head to Hamilton to celebrate Earth Hour.
Organisers held a press conference yesterday to detail all the activities taking place at City Hall to mark the annual ...
DATE: Mar 22, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Legislators have agreed to a fee exemption for certain permit companies that maintain a token presence on the island to reduce their tax liabilities.
Companies without any physical presence in Bermuda will be charged $25,000, raised from the previous...
DATE: Mar 22, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The charitable status of a group campaigning to stop same-sex marriage and civil partnerships in Bermuda will be up for review in two weeks.
Preserve Marriage has applied to renew the probationary status it was granted a year ago by the Charity Commi...
DATE: Mar 22, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Minister of national security Jeff Baron has urged the public to listen to “our young people” in an effort to stem the tide of violent behaviour.
His comments come after attending a Youth Parliament forum.
“If Bermuda is to successfully tackle viol...
DATE: Mar 22, 2017
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The stewardship of Bermuda’s airport has officially switched hands from the Department of Airport Operations to Bermuda Skyport Corporation Limited.
Aaron Adderley, the former general manager of the DAO, who now presides over the new entity, hailed i...
DATE: Mar 22, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government ministers have led the praise for the 21 winners of this year’s Schools Lunch Challenge.
The initiative, which is part of the Premier’s Youth Fitness Programme, sees students judged on the nutritional content of the lunches they take to sc...
DATE: Mar 22, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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The customs tariff on beer will remain the same in the coming fiscal year after a rare moment of collaboration between the two political parties.
However, duty on gas and diesel will increase by five cents in line with the Bermuda Government’s amende...
DATE: Mar 22, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Two motorcyclists have been taken to hospital after a three-vehicle crash on Frog Lane, near the junction Gymnasium Road in Devonshire, on Tuesday afternoon.
“It appears that a car being driven along Frog Lane collided with the two motorcyclists and...
DATE: Mar 22, 2017
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Other
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A man who stole a bank card and used it to buy alcohol was this morning remanded to Drug Treatment Court.
Ernest Smith, 40, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to stealing items from a Warwick home in an incident on March 10 and dishonestly obtaining $...
DATE: Mar 22, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes