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An online shopping platform will be introduced by the Bermuda Post Office to increase revenue, according to Walton Brown, the Minister for the Cabinet office.
This will allow customers to purchase products and have them delivered through the post off...
DATE: Mar 11, 2019
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Politics
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People who abandon boats will be hit by heavier fines under new legislation, transport minister Zane DeSilva warned.
Mr DeSilva told the House of Assembly on Friday the existing fines are too low considering the cost to Government of removing the boa...
DATE: Mar 11, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Discarded equipment from the airport’s days as a US Naval Air Station has been discovered by workers preparing to set up a sun-powered energy plant.
Home affairs minister Walter Roban said the disused runway which juts into Castle Harbour, known as “...
DATE: Mar 11, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Several human resource departments across government entities will be phased out as part of a Government reform initiative, Walton Brown said.
Mr Brown, the Minister of Cabinet Office, said the new Department of Employee and Organisational Developmen...
DATE: Mar 10, 2019
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Politics
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Bermuda took a step closer to meeting international requirements to combat money laundering and terrorism financing when MPs backed legislation in the House of Assembly.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said changes in the Proceeds of Crime Amendm...
DATE: Mar 10, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The health minister has called on parents to help raise safety standards in daycare centres for children.
Kim Wilson said that parents should share concerns with the Ministry of Health to ensure daycare providers were registered, licensed and up to s...
DATE: Mar 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Members of Parliament are scheduled to the House of Assembly today to continue the Budget debate.
MPs are expected to focus on the Department of Regulatory Affairs and the Department of Transport.
The House of Assembly will also tackle the Proceeds o...
DATE: Mar 08, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A British parliamentary committee said yesterday it was regrettable that the Premier did not attend an inquiry that led to a report he claimed was a bid to “erode the constitutional rights of Bermudians”.
The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committe...
DATE: Mar 08, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Corporation of Hamilton has urged the public to turn out tonight for a Government hosted meeting on municipal reform.
Charles Gosling, the Mayor of Hamilton, said the change “essentially strips the ratepayer in the City of their voting right, inc...
DATE: Mar 07, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Parliamentarians who sit on a committee investigating how protesters came to be pepper sprayed by police in December 2016 have failed to explain why they have held all of their meetings in secret.
The Joint Select Committee has held 40 meetings, none...
DATE: Mar 07, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways