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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
The One Bermuda Alliance has joined environmental groups in opposition of proposed changes to planning legislation.
The amendments, tabled earlier this month by Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, would remove the need for Special Development...
DATE: Jul 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An absence of traditional political boundaries is often a key feature of Bermuda lobby groups.
Some representatives said that they attracted support from across society and were confident that grass roots organisations made an impact.
A spokesperson ...
DATE: Jul 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda has seen the emergence of a number of new community action groups – Pride Bermuda, the Bermuda Freedom Alliance, Social Justice Bermuda to name three. But can these develop into mainstream political parties, or can their members become ou...
DATE: Jul 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An unlicensed debt collection company recovered almost $13 million in unpaid land tax for the Government – and is likely to be paid $1.9 million in return.
Oarrs Inc collected the money after it was hired as a debt collection consultant by the Office...
DATE: Jul 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
David Burt, the Premier, has been accused of dodging Parliamentary debate on controversial Covid-19 quarantine regulations for a second time.
Government tabled the order making hotel quarantines mandatory for non-immunised arrivals at the end of last...
DATE: Jul 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A joint statement backed by the Bermuda Human Rights Commission offers support to the people of South Africa following the imprisonment of the country’s former President Jacob Zuma.
The letter is signed by several prominent members of Bermuda’s comm...
DATE: Jul 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Debt collectors will get a break on reporting their accounts for 2020 because of the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic last year, the House of Assembly heard.
But the Debt Collection Amendment Act 2021, despite using the word “exempt”, will ...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell