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Landscape work at a development site on a former golf course had helped boost the environment for birds, the Minister of Home Affairs has said.
Walter Roban added “a great deal of hard work” had gone into the creation of parkland at the old Riddell’...
DATE: Feb 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A group set up to make recommendations on minimum and living wages is expected to take into account workers who earn tips, the labour minister has said.
Jason Hayward added that no employment sector will be left out of the commission’s deliberation.
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DATE: Feb 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Immigration changes proposed by the One Bermuda Alliance in 2016 would have boosted the island’s economy, a former senator has claimed.
But Dwayne Robinson, an OBA senator from 2018-20, said his party’s Pathways to Status immigration legislation was...
DATE: Jan 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Government has announced a number of senior management appointments as part of a shake-up of its quangos.
Andrew Dias has been appointed interim chief executive officer of the Bermuda Land Development Corporation, taking over from Barrett Dill, w...
DATE: Jan 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Leader of the Opposition tonight denied that the One Bermuda Alliance supported the introduction of income tax.
Cole Simons said that claims by David Burt, the Premier, that the idea had bipartisan support was false.
He added: “I flatly refute Da...
DATE: Jan 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Major changes to Bermuda’s tax structure are needed to reduce the cost of living, according to the Premier.
David Burt said at the Progressive Labour Party annual conference that difficult conversations may be needed to create a fairer tax system – o...
DATE: Jan 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The One Bermuda Alliance said yesterday it was “cautiously optimistic” about proposed immigration changes – but highlighted that they were long overdue.
Jarion Richardson the Shadow Minister of Labour, Home Affairs and Cabinet, said the problem of th...
DATE: Jan 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Progressive Labour Party’s annual general conference will be held online this year – and the public are invited to watch the opening night.
The event – scheduled to begin at 6pm today – will feature performances by several local artists includi...
DATE: Jan 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Major immigration changes are needed to stop the island from “falling off the fiscal cliff”, the Labour and Immigration Minister said today.
Jason Hayward warned that the island had to use immigration to create economic growth in the face of an agei...
DATE: Jan 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A career diplomat has been appointed as the Acting US Consul General to Bermuda.
Alan Purcell will take up the role next week after Lee Rizzuto, the former consul general, left the island last Tuesday.
A spokeswoman for the US Consulate General Hami...
DATE: Jan 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter