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Parliamentary rules thwarted an attempt to get details on an “error“ granting an exemption to the lockdown imposed in April that briefly allowed construction of a St George’s hotel to continue.
The exemption for the St Regis resort construction was p...
DATE: Jul 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Reducing Covid-19 restrictions at Bermuda’s borders would be “suicide”, the Premier has asserted.
David Burt also revealed that Gencom, the company behind the redevelopment of the Fairmont Southampton, had still not raised funding for the project, n...
DATE: Jul 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Controversial changes to Special Development Orders were approved in the House of Assembly yesterday despite objections by the Opposition.
Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, said SDOs would undergo “far more transparency, scrutiny and testing”...
DATE: Jul 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An extra two years will added to the Government’s five-year financial assistance for the island’s able bodied unemployed, under legislation tabled on Friday.
Jason Hayward, the labour minister, said changes would be retroactive to cover payments sinc...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government has spent $1.6 million on infrastructure projects as part of its short term stimulus programme aimed at boosting the economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
David Burch, the public works minister, said today that five of 16 proj...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Almost one in three of the complaints received by the Human Rights Commission in 2020 were claims of discrimination on the grounds of disability, according to the Commission’s annual report.
The report, tabled today in the House of Assembly by Tinee...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Bermuda’s small and medium-sized businesses were kept afloat with $4.4 million in aid from the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, the House of Assembly heard this morning.
David Burt, the Premier, ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Controversial changes to Special Development Orders are expected to be debated today in the House of Assembly.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs has said the Development and Planning Amendment Act 2021 is intended to streamline the SDO proce...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s stakeholders must work in unison for tourism to thrive in the Olde Towne, a One Bermuda Alliance candidate said today.
Tia Smith said that a consistent ferry service connecting St George’s, “the historical heartbeat of Bermuda”, to the rest...
DATE: Jul 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A senior civil servant was told last month of concerns over a $3.2 million contract to install solar panels at the National Sports Centre.
Jennifer Attride-Stirling, the permanent secretary of the ministry of sport was told about the concerns at a m...
DATE: Jul 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan