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A trip to the global climate change summit in Scotland by Walter Roban, the Deputy Premier, cost taxpayers more than $9,000, new figures reveal.
The bulk of the money — $5,546.60 — went on air travel, with accommodation costing $3,156.30 and ground t...
DATE: Dec 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The finance minister yesterday insisted that price controls were unlikely to be introduced to combat inflation.
Curtis Dickinson said that the Covid pandemic would continue to hit the economy, but that he did not expect next year’s Budget to be a “ha...
DATE: Dec 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The Opposition One Bermuda Alliance is calling on anyone who sees intoxicated friends attempting to drive home after a night out to stop them.
Susan Jackson, the shadow transport minister, made the appeal in the run-up to Christmas — a time when “li...
DATE: Dec 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Applications are open online for members of the public to serve on government boards and committees, the Cabinet Office said.
Expressions of interest are available on the Government’s website here.
A spokeswoman said that the boards and committees we...
DATE: Dec 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Green campaigners have hit out at a “conflict of interest” over a controversial Government deal with an energy firm to bring tidal power to Bermuda.
The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce said the contract with Seabased to develop a wave...
DATE: Dec 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
An Opposition senator has claimed that “too many” questions about jobs figures were left unanswered by the Government.
Ben Smith highlighted that it was important to have information so that the success of policies could be measured.
The One Bermuda...
DATE: Dec 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The replacement of paper with online transactions at the Department of Immigration was slowed by the impact of Covid-19 as well as by old equipment, the labour minister said Friday.
But Jason Hayward told the House of Assembly that the department had...
DATE: Dec 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Mike Sharpe has left “big shoes behind on the track” the Senate heard as the Upper House paid tribute to the Olympian and veteran broadcaster.
Senators praised Mr Sharpe for his contribution to Bermuda following the announcement of his death, aged 65...
DATE: Dec 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Bermudians will have to wait until next year’s Budget to see if changes to tariff regulations will have financial implications, the Senate was told yesterday.
Adrianna Hodgson, junior finance minister, said amendments to laws bringing the island into...
DATE: Dec 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Police expect to pass a file to prosecutors early next year into the disappearance of a taxpayer-funded $800,000 loan to an American music promoter and his Bermudian employee.
The cash was lent in April 2018 to Anthony Blakey and Danilee Trott, who o...
DATE: Dec 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor