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A development agreement between the United Nations and Bermuda will benefit women on the island, the Government has said.
Tinée Furbert, Minister of Social Development and Seniors, insisted that the Multi-Country Sustainable Development Co-operation ...
DATE: Jun 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
St George’s residents are set to return to the polls next month to fill a vacancy within the Corporation of St George.
A spokeswoman for the corporation confirmed that the election will fill the resident councillor position formerly held by Cyniqua A...
DATE: Jun 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
It is now less risky to let experimental energy creators operate in Bermuda, a minister has said.
Lindsay Simmons, the Junior Minister of Home Affairs, made the comments as the Senate passed legislation this morning allowing operators to develop new ...
DATE: Jun 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The Government has denied it withheld encrypted e-mails from the public about a taxpayer-funded payout of almost a quarter of a million dollars to protesters who shut down Parliament.
But it did not release the messages yesterday nor did it give any...
DATE: Jun 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
David Burt, the Premier, said he was “putting money in people’s pockets”, and doing a good job.
The comments come despite widespread concerns about a cost of living crisis in Bermuda.
Mr Burt admitted the Government had made mistakes and misjudgments...
DATE: Jun 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The cost of some food items has increased by almost 30 per cent in the past year, according to the latest figures.
Statistics released by the Government’s Department of Statistics yesterday show that the price of some meat, fresh fruit and vegetable...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Tributes have continued to be paid to leading charity campaigner Olga Scott.
Mrs Scott, who was married to former Premier Alex Scott, and died at the age of 83, was hailed by the Progressive Labour Party as a “formidable” woman who made Bermuda a...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
E-mails sent by a senior civil servant about a taxpayer-funded payout of almost a quarter of a million dollars to protesters who shut down Parliament were withheld from the public because they were encrypted.
The messages should have been reviewed an...
DATE: Jun 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The island’s legal avenues for marriage equality have probably been exhausted – but younger Bermudians will continue to push the issue, a human rights activist warned.
Linda Bogle-Mienzer, one of the island’s more prominent voices in support of same...
DATE: Jun 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A war of words over travel authorisation revenues and the island’s economy continued over the weekend, with the Opposition questioning the Government’s justification for changing how money earmarked for Covid-19 would be used.
But a government spokes...
DATE: Jun 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell