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A streamlined way to help long-term residents get permanent residency has been approved by the House of Assembly.
The changes proposed by Jason Hayward, the labour minister, opened a route to residency for non-Bermudian divorced people and unwed pare...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Business voters for Corporation of Hamilton elections were asked to make sure their details were up to date.
Charles Gosling, the Mayor of Hamilton, said that elections were scheduled for next year.
Mr Gosling said: “The Parliamentary Registrar is cu...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The island’s healthcare system could collapse “in the near future” without action, MPs heard yesterday.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, told the House of Assembly that the coronavirus pandemic had put strain on the health service and exposed area...
DATE: Sep 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Three MPs apologised to the House of Assembly yesterday for comments they made two months ago.
Neville Tyrrell and Christopher Famous, Progressive Labour Party backbenchers, and Craig Cannonier, the One Bermuda Alliance Shadow Minister for Public Wor...
DATE: Sep 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Unvaccinated travellers can quarantine at home for 14 days, starting from Sunday, the health minister said yesterday.
Kim Wilson told MPs that people who arrive on the island without immunisation will wear electronic monitoring devices and red wristb...
DATE: Sep 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An online shopping platform run by the Bermuda Post Office could be fully operational by the middle of next month.
Wayne Furbert, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, told the House of Assembly yesterday it was part of a plan to increase revenues thr...
DATE: Sep 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An increase in government healthcare premiums and proposals to ease permanent residency rules for long-term residents are expected to be on the table in the House of Assembly today.
MPs can expect a marathon sitting for the last session before the Ho...
DATE: Sep 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A public authority involved in an inquiry into misconduct claims against the head of the island’s child protection agency has claimed it does not have a report on the investigation’s findings.
Gina Hurst-Maybury, the acting permanent secretary at the...
DATE: Sep 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A former premier has said she bears “no ill will” towards the Progressive Labour Party she quit to run as an independent candidate in 2017.
But Paula Cox added she had “no active or close relationship with the current leadership” of the party.
She ad...
DATE: Sep 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda will ride out the current coronavirus outbreak if residents adhere to the restrictions put in place last month and follow SafeKey guidelines, the Premier said today.
David Burt also urged people to report operators of indoor venues who faile...
DATE: Sep 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff