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The Government is still working towards a 2020 Throne Speech pledge to extend an international convention on disabilities to the island.
Tinee Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors, told the House of Assembly on Friday that the Mini...
DATE: Nov 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Employers and third sector agencies are to join a number of Government departments in the latest efforts to tackle gang violence.
Renée Ming, the Minister of National Security, told the House of Assembly: “We will not police our way out of this probl...
DATE: Nov 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Part of Marsh Folly is being prepared for landfill waste as supply chain problems hit repairs to the Tynes Bay incinerator, the acting public works minister said yesterday.
Wayne Furbert told the House: “The Tynes Bay facility is our only means of mu...
DATE: Nov 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The UK should not be able to block legislation passed by Parliament whether on cannabis or anything else, the Premier has insisted.
David Burt was speaking as he and Rena Lalgie, the Governor, appeared to be at loggerheads over proposed drugs legisl...
DATE: Nov 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The House of Assembly has approved a fee rate for permission to live in Bermuda under an economic investment certificate.
A fee of $2,625 was approved for the granting of ministerial permission to live on the island – the same price as a residential ...
DATE: Nov 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Legislation to modernise the Bermuda National Trust was passed by MPs today with support from both sides of the House of Assembly.
Diallo Rabain, the education minister, launched the debate on the Bermuda National Trust Amendment Act.
He said the BNT...
DATE: Nov 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Premier, Health Minister and Education Minister are due to have a press conference at 12.45pm.
We will have live coverage and extensive reports.
DATE: Nov 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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The Governor and the Premier appear to be on a collision course over a plan for the liberalisation of cannabis laws.
Rena Lalgie, the Governor, has made it clear legalisation of cannabis for purposes other than medicinal and scientific use, or some i...
DATE: Nov 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The Government today admitted it has failed to work out the “magic number” for Bermuda’s ideal population size.
Jason Hayward, the labour minister, said that despite talks with the finance ministry, ministers had yet to figure out a “ballpark” numbe...
DATE: Nov 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The fifth anniversary of the December 2, 2016 parliamentary protest falls a week today – and The Royal Gazette will mark the occasion with in-depth coverage of the infamous event.
That flashpoint in Bermuda’s history, when demonstrators blocked MPs f...
DATE: Nov 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor