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A new fleet of electric buses will cost less than half the price of older diesel vehicles, the transport minister told the House of Assembly yesterday morning.
Lawrence Scott said 30 buses, built by the Golden Dragon Bus Company in China at a cost of...
DATE: Dec 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The House of Assembly was updated yesterday morning on key meetings to keep the island off the European Union’s list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions.
Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, briefed MPs on meetings held in London and Brussels.
Mr...
DATE: Dec 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bill designed to strengthen Bermuda’s human rights laws and promote equality was yesterday tabled in the House of Assembly by the One Bermuda Alliance.
The proposed legislation would create an Equality Council at the Human Rights Commission which ...
DATE: Dec 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A report into alleged historic land grabs and a revised Budget statement will dominate the House of Assembly’s final session of the year today.
It is understood that the Commission of Inquiry, which held its last hearings in May, completed the report...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The Speaker of the House of Assembly has signalled to MPs that any one of them could ask for an inquiry into the handling of the Covid-19 crisis.
Dennis Lister insisted he had to stay neutral, but that a member from either side of the House could pu...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
An organisational revamp of the Bermuda National Trust was yesterday backed by the Senate.
The legislation, which increased the number of people to be elected to the trust’s council to 13 and ended appointment to the council by entitlement, was passe...
DATE: Dec 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The Mayor of Hamilton, Charles Gosling, said yesterday that he will not run for re-election.
The announcement comes as the corporation is locked in a legal battle with the Government for its survival.
Mr Gosling, 68, told The Royal Gazette: “Sometime...
DATE: Dec 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Any top level parliamentary inquiry into how Bermuda has coped with the Covid-19 crisis must be non-party political, the Opposition has insisted.
The comments come in the wake of David Burt, the Premier, saying a committee of lawmakers would be best ...
DATE: Dec 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Voters have still to be told the cost of two high-profile international trips by the Premier and Deputy Premier despite government assurances it would “continuously” update information about ministerial expenses overseas.
David Burt attended a gather...
DATE: Dec 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The infamous protest on December 2, 2016 and its aftermath prompted The Royal Gazette and others to seek out public records that might shed light on events.
The Public Access to Information Act had been in effect for about 20 months and had already b...
DATE: Dec 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor