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Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, has welcomed the findings of the Blue Ribbon Panel.
The independent panel was appointed last month and tasked with looking into the airport redevelopment project.
“I am pleased to hear that the Blue Ribbon Panel...
DATE: Feb 08, 2017
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Politics
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A teenager was reportedly stabbed yesterday in what police have said they suspect to be a gang related attack.
According to a police spokesman, at around 5.30pm yesterday emergency services were dispatched to a reported assault in Pembroke.
“It appea...
DATE: Feb 08, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Progressive Labour Party has said the conclusions reached by the Blue Ribbon Panel do not address the most important question.
In a statement released this evening by the party, a spokesperson said the PLP was not surprised by the findings of the...
DATE: Feb 08, 2017
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Politics
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Jerome Robinson, an executive officer of the Bermuda Taxi Owners Association, has been named the Director of Transport for America’s Cup Bermuda.
According to a spokeswoman, Mr Robinson officially started in the position last month.
As Director of Tr...
DATE: Feb 08, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Event
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police have named the man who died suddenly yesterday afternoon as 34-year-old Rashun Trott.
This evening Progressive Labour Party MP Michael Weeks paid tribute to Mr Trott.
“As the MP for constituency 16, Pembroke East Central, I was deeply saddened...
DATE: Feb 08, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, is scheduled to call on Bermuda next month, in what Government House described as a working visit on behalf of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Bermuda.
The Earl will be on the island from March 3 to 5, t...
DATE: Feb 08, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A religious group has organised a prayer vigil as a “brief moment for common unity” on the grounds of the House of Assembly tomorrow.
The Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast Group has been meeting with House Speaker Randy Horton to find ways of creating p...
DATE: Feb 08, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Bermuda Police Service will send officers to manage anticipated protests outside of the House of Assembly on Friday.
And the service has warned the public that while peaceful protest of the airport project will be allowed, it is a criminal offenc...
DATE: Feb 08, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The head of a charity that provides meals for the housebound and disabled said that donations were vital to keep the organisation in business.
Joe Gibbons, president of Meals on Wheels, added that cash, even small amounts, mounted up and helped the c...
DATE: Feb 07, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Opposition MPs are still yet to review the financial model behind the airport development agreement, according to David Burt, leader of the Progressive Labour Party.
“The fact that it continues to be withheld makes me believe they don’t want the peop...
DATE: Feb 07, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell