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“Children first and families first.”
That was the overriding message from the Bermuda Government last night as it hosted a town hall meeting to further detail proposals outlined in the Throne Speech.
Several hundred residents descended on the Berkele...
DATE: Sep 19, 2017
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An investigation is under way to determine whether police personnel leaked images connected to a planned trip to New York involving David Burt, the Premier, and other politicians.
Acting Commissioner Paul Wright confirmed that complaints had been rec...
DATE: Sep 19, 2017
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Children whose parents cannot afford homes with large yards will benefit from a Throne Speech pledge to protect public open spaces, according to environmental group BEST.
BEST said Bermuda’s acres of forests and meadows were “dwindling” and praised t...
DATE: Sep 19, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A Bermuda delegation participated in a plaque exchange on the cruise ship MS Aurora.
The meeting came as the P&O ship made a short stop-over at King’s Wharf in Dockyard.
Transport minister Walter Roban led the delegation on board the Bermuda-register...
DATE: Sep 19, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
David Burt, the Premier, has dismissed a trip to meet would-be gaming operators in New York as a “figment of the imagination” of the former government.
The purported trip, a source of controversy in social media in the run-up to the July General Elec...
DATE: Sep 18, 2017
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Politics
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Assertions that the One Bermuda Alliance overspent on the America’s Cup were attacked as “political grandstanding” and “pathetic” by Grant Gibbons, the Shadow Minister of Economic Development.
The claims came from David Burt, the Premier and Minister...
DATE: Sep 16, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Opposition leader Patricia Gordon-Pamplin came out fighting in her reply to the Throne Speech, accusing the Progressive Labour Party’s “relentless pursuit of power” of denigrating the political process to unprecedented levels.
She described the Gover...
DATE: Sep 16, 2017
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Politics
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David Burt will today accuse the former government of failing to budget for a “staggering” $13 million worth of spending this financial year, including an extra $4.3 million on the America’s Cup sponsorship guarantee.
The Premier and Minister of Fina...
DATE: Sep 15, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Health minister Kim Wilson called on all corners of society to jump aboard a national health drive.
Ms Wilson said the 50 Million Steps Challenge will help combat a health epidemic in which 75 per cent of adults are overweight or obese, 33 per cent h...
DATE: Sep 15, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Recruitment policies by employers will be closely monitored as part of a “next wave of changes” to immigration policy.
Home affairs minister Walton Brown told the House of Assembly other items on the agenda would be an enhancement of the musician ent...
DATE: Sep 15, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell