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The Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly has launched an attack on the last Governor and police service and compared them to a lynch mob.
Derrick Burgess said reports that Ewart Brown, a former Progressive Labour Party premier, was to face corrup...
DATE: Dec 15, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A licensing regime for cannabis sales and production – with a range of fees and restrictions - will be introduced if proposed legislation is approved.
The Cannabis Licensing Act 2020, tabled in the House of Assembly on Friday, was designed to remove ...
DATE: Dec 15, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Trade Union Congress has backed trades union opposition to legislation designed to give non-members a vote to end representation.
Dwight Jackson, the BTUC general secretary, said the BTUC wished to “echo the sentiments” of Chris Furbert, ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
New laws to outlaw drink driving on the water have been approved by the House of Assembly.
The new requirements for private boats also included stricter blood alcohol limits for the operators of recreational vessels.
Lawrence Scott, the transport min...
DATE: Dec 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Unionised workers could strike if the Government moves forward with controversial labour reforms to be debated tomorrow in the House of Assembly.
Bermuda Industrial Union president Chris Furbert warned at a press conference today that if Jason Hayw...
DATE: Dec 11, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The top prosecutor’s appointment as a judge was held up for 16 months as a nine-year police investigation continued against a former premier, it was revealed yesterday.
Work on a case against Ewart Brown kept Larry Mussenden, the former Director of P...
DATE: Dec 11, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Senators focused on the increase in positive coronavirus cases during their session yesterday.
During the Motion to Adjourn, Ernest Peets, Senate Leader and Minister of Youth, Culture and Sports, gave thanks to the staff members of Bermuda Hospitals...
DATE: Dec 10, 2020
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Politics
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It would be “almost suicidal” for the Government to collect less land tax from the public after the financial hit it has incurred as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Michelle Simmons, Vice President of the Senate, said reductions in rental prices ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Two leading lawyers will discuss the key role of Magna Carta in the rule of law at a talk at the Bermuda National Gallery tomorrow.
The talk, by Ben Adamson and Saul Dismont, will follow the unveiling of a limited edition reproduction of the Magna Ca...
DATE: Dec 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
Bermuda cannot relax its management of Government finances despite a successful debt issue of $1.35 billion this summer, the finance minister warned today.
Curtis Dickinson told the House of Assembly that the Government took on $520 million in new l...
DATE: Dec 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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