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Bermuda Tourism Authority has welcomed the legislative goals put forward in the Throne Speech in relation to casino gaming and the cruise industry.
Tourism featured heavily in the Speech, and included the announcement that Government will introduce ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Government has responded to parents’ calls to be afforded great involvement in education reforms, according to the latest Throne Speech, which promised to give them a Parental Involvement Committee.
The speech said public school staff would move forw...
DATE: Nov 08, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
New measures to allow police to focus more resources on tackling guns, gangs, drugs and violence were unveiled in the Throne Speech.
Minor road accidents would be dealt with and investigated by ‘qualified individuals’ instead of police under the pro...
DATE: Nov 08, 2014
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Government will carry out a study into St George’s ageing wastewater system in an effort to resolve what has been a lingering cause of complaints.
The Ministry of Public Works is to conduct a study to help develop a strategy to improve wastewater ser...
DATE: Nov 08, 2014
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Employers who do not fulfil their legal obligation to provide health insurance cover for their staff will end up being named online, under steps pledged in yesterday’s Throne Speech.
Economic troubles might leave employers tempted to cut corners, Gov...
DATE: Nov 08, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man has been fined $1,000 after he admitted threatening to beat his girlfriend “like a man”.
Dwight Burch, 54, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court yesterday to one count of using threatening words during an argument on September 6.
Prosecutor Susa...
DATE: Nov 08, 2014
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Roadside breath testing will be implemented in Bermuda for the first time to tackle drink-driving.
The amendments to the Motor Car Act 1951, which will allow police to breathalyse drivers by the roadside, were welcomed by road safety group CADA and t...
DATE: Nov 08, 2014
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A Government pledge to offer mediation to parents involved in custody or access disputes should come as welcome news for the Coalition for the Protection of Children.
Earlier this week, the organisation’s founder, Sheelagh Cooper, reflected that the ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Island faces “an economic storm that poses a grim threat to Bermuda’s way of life”, Governor George Fergusson told a packed Senate chamber yesterday, in a speech replete with references to job growth and reining in the public purse.
However, the ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2014
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Revitalising international business and tourism as the Island’s twin pillars is a priority in revitalising the economy, Government said yesterday.
In the Throne Speech it added that it was “working on a broad front to rebuild investor confidence in t...
DATE: Nov 08, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
