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Bermuda’s foster parents – and people who supported them – were celebrated in the Senate yesterday.
Lindsay Simmons, the junior social development and seniors minister, praised the hard work and dedication of Bermuda’s foster parents in her maiden sp...
DATE: Dec 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Opposition today attacked the Government for a failure to deal with legislation in the Senate.
Ben Smith, the One Bermuda Alliance senate leader, said the Progressive Labour Party delay in dealing with eleven Bills was “bizarre”.
He added that he...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Controversial trade union legislation that sparked a firestorm of opposition from unions will face its final debate in the Senate today.
But Jason Hayward, the labour minister, signalled that unions had softened their stance after they condemned legi...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The timing is ideal for a relaxation of the so-called Stop List which prevents Bermudians with criminal convictions from visiting the United States, the US Consul General said yesterday.
Lee Rizzuto, who has been in Bermuda since July, said US Democ...
DATE: Dec 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
The US Consul General yesterday presented the Premier with a special portrait of one of Bermuda’s early Cup Match heroes.
Lee Rizzuto, who arrived in Bermuda just before the Cup Match holiday this year, said he quickly learnt of its importance to Be...
DATE: Dec 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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A “victory cruise” to Bermuda in support of outgoing US President Donald Trump has been called off, it was reported last night.
The news came as the Government confirmed it hoped the cruise ship industry, battered this year by the global Covid-19 pa...
DATE: Dec 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Fifty staff at bars, nightclubs and members’ clubs who lost their jobs because of Covid-19 restrictions should get their benefits from the Government this week, the finance minister said last night.
Curtis Dickinson said at a press conference that a ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Art pieces to commemorate a historic protest held in solidarity with the global Black Lives Matter Movement will be installed across Hamilton.
The City of Hamilton and the Bermuda National Gallery have thrown their weight behind the Peaceful Art Prot...
DATE: Dec 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Senators rubber-stamped a number of Government bills during a brisk, virtual session of the Upper House yesterday morning.
Streamlining and improved efficiency were the themes of three Acts that were given their second and third readings before being...
DATE: Dec 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Supporters of ousted US President Donald Trump plan a ’victory’ cruise to Bermuda, despite last month’s loss to challenger Joe Biden, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The organiser of the four-day trip runs a website called The Patriot Voice.
The trip ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell