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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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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The overbearing atmosphere caused by the thundery weather was not reflected in the opening of Parliament yesterday morning as Ministers shared lighthearted jokes and banter.
Kim Wilson, the Shadow Minister of Health, was one of the first to arrive i...
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Bermuda’s financial watchdog is to get new powers to police banks, Government revealed yesterday.
Governor George Fergusson, delivering the Throne Speech, said the Bermuda Monetary Authority would be able to intervene in case of “a troubled bank”.
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DATE: Nov 08, 2014
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A critically ill cruise passenger has been brought into Bermuda for treatment.
The 69-year-old man was travelling on board the Nieuw Amsterdam when the cruise liner was forced to divert into Five Fathom Hole off St David’s on Thursday night.
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A solar farm could be coming to the East End, according to the Government’s Throne Speech.
During yesterday’s speech, Government stated: “In the coming year, the Government will seek proposals for using the ‘finger’ peninsula at the airport as an ide...
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“Balanced and appropriate for the times we are living in” was the verdict yesterday for the Throne Speech, from the Bermuda Public Services Union.
After an uncompromising standoff from unions over the threat of civil service outsourcing, the appraisa...
DATE: Nov 08, 2014
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The Ministry of Home Affairs continues to work hard to get Bermudians back to work according to the latest Throne Speech.
Government said the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation met with 351 clients between January and May, and supported 46 smal...
DATE: Nov 08, 2014
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government is planning to legalise cannabis for medical use, while also giving police greater discretion to caution first time offenders who might otherwise be charged with cannabis possession.
The exact cannabis-containing products that will be perm...
DATE: Nov 08, 2014
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The latest Throne Speech offered little beyond “maintenance of the status quo”, according to Progressive Labour Party head Marc Bean, who said the One Bermuda Alliance had failed to include ordinary citizens in its agenda.
Speaking with The Royal Gaz...
DATE: Nov 08, 2014
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