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David Burt is acting “almost like a dictator” by holding three major Cabinet portfolios at once, one of the Premier’s best known predecessors has warned
DATE: Feb 21, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Michael DeSilva, the former police commissioner, is in line to become the next Ombudsman, MP Derrick Burgess has claimed
DATE: Feb 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A crackdown on companies that have forced people to accept inferior working conditions because of the Covid-19 pandemic has been launched.
Jason Hayward, the labour minister, said action was needed because workers were not regulated, registered or gi...
DATE: Feb 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A string of questions about when competitive tenders will be put out for three Covid-19 technology contracts have been stonewalled by the Government.
The contracts — for software to manage the effects of the pandemic — were earlier awarded without a ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A three-year action plan to bring additional protection for Bermuda’s marine environment in partnership with Britain has begun to be drafted.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, told the House of Assembly on Friday that efforts to bring the ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A beleaguered Premier last night appeared to get only lukewarm support from his own party in a stormy debate in the House of Assembly.
Michael Dunkley, the shadow health minister and shadow national security minister, threw down the gauntlet during t...
DATE: Feb 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
It will take years for the tourism industry to recover from impact of the Covid-19 crisis, the Bermuda Tourism Authority warned yesterday.
The warning from Charles Jeffers II, the BTA’s chief executive officer, came despite predictions from some in t...
DATE: Feb 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Younger schoolchildren will no longer have to wear masks in classes from Monday
DATE: Feb 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The promotion of healthy lifestyles and preventive care are “front and centre” of the Government’s new health plan, the House of Assembly heard yesterday.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, told MPs the two elements were a key part of a five-year bl...
DATE: Feb 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Legislation to drop “blaming and shaming” in divorce proceedings was yesterday passed by MPs.
Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General, told the House of Assembly that the Matrimonial Causes (Faultless Divorce) Amendment Act was “the first part of a ...
DATE: Feb 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell