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The final town hall meeting to discuss a living wage will take place at the Somerset Cricket Club tomorrow.
The Ministry of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport wants the views of the public on the creation of a Wage Commission and a living or minimu...
DATE: May 15, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
An extraordinary municipal election will be held for the Corporation of St George to fill the seat of municipal residents’ councillor on June 20.
The election open just to residents of the municipality, is to choose the sixth councillors’ seat left v...
DATE: May 14, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Annual reports for the Bermuda Hospitals Board, which have lagged at the Auditor-General’s office, will “soon be completely up to date”, the health minister pledged.
Kim Wilson tabled the BHB’s annual report for 2013-14 in the House of Assembly on F...
DATE: May 13, 2019
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Politics
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The British Government has rejected a parliamentary committee proposal to come up with a timetable for talks that would give British residents in Bermuda the right to vote.
It said the Foreign Office did not plan to publish any such schedule but reco...
DATE: May 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Bermuda Government still has a contract with local tech firm Trunomi to develop the Perseid electronic identification project, which uses blockchain technology.
David Burt, the Premier, told the House of Assembly during Premier’s Question Time on...
DATE: May 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s public bus system experienced a “learning curve” over its problems getting a new schedule up and running, the transport minister said.
Zane DeSilva told MPs in the House on Friday that the decision to revert to the old bus schedule “was no...
DATE: May 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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The seconded Commissioner of Corrections will not return to the crisis-hit prison service, it was revealed yesterday.
The news that Lieutenant-Colonel Eddie Lamb would not go back to the job came as the House of Assembly was told that Westgate prison...
DATE: May 11, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The retirement age should be increased to 70 over a ten-year period, a Labour Advisory Committee report recommended yesterday.
The report, tabled in the House of Assembly, said Bermuda’s ageing population had put pressure on pension plans and public ...
DATE: May 11, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda will be removed from the European Union’s blacklist of noncooperative tax jurisdictions next week, a Bloomberg Law report said yesterday.
The news agency added that its report was based on documents obtained by Bloomberg News.
The report came...
DATE: May 11, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Hamilton’s administration remains unchanged after last night’s municipal elections.
Charles Gosling stood unchallenged as mayor with residential councillors George Scott, Henry Ming, RoseAnn Edwards and Jenefer Brimmer, who replaces Carlton Johnson.
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DATE: May 10, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell