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Owners of illegal dogs are to be offered a one-off amnesty, Government announced yesterday.
The amnesty which begins on Monday and lasts six weeks will see owners avoid prosecution, providing their animals are spayed or neutered.
“The amnesty will s...
DATE: Jul 16, 2011
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Opposition politicians have demanded answers on structural damage to the $60 million Heritage Wharf cruise ship pier at Dockyard.
MPs from the One Bermuda Alliance directed a whole host of questions at Public Works Minister Derrick Burgess in the Ho...
DATE: Jul 16, 2011
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Fares for commuters on the ferry service’s Pink Route are set to increase by 100 percent, announced Transport Minister Terry Lister yesterday.
Speaking in the House of Assembly, he said the uplift would affect individual, day rates, monthly and quar...
DATE: Jul 16, 2011
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A new panel is to probe the rising cost of food to ensure people aren’t forking out too much money for their weekly groceries.
Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox has made the long-awaited announcement that she is setting up a Price Control Commis...
DATE: Jul 16, 2011
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Government today released its nine-year plan for a new energy policy in Bermuda.
Environment, Planning and Infrastructure Minister Walter Roban unveiled the White Paper on Energy.
Achieving its goals, he said, “will be extremely demanding, and will ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government has tabled a Bill in Parliament which it says will ensure greater protection for the disabled against workplace discrimination.
The proposed amendment to the Human Rights Act would prevent businesses from not hiring a person on the basis o...
DATE: Jul 15, 2011
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Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards will today urge Government to stop Bermuda from slowly dying by opening up the economy.
Mr Richards is to lead a House of Assembly debate on the economy, claiming Government has no real plans to rejuvenate it and ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government needs to “expand its thinking” on human rights to be inclusive of all members of our community.
This is the view of Shadow Health Minister Kathy Michelmore who said plans to protect disabled people against discrimination “didn’t go far eno...
DATE: Jul 15, 2011
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Young people appreciate the Government’s competence and accountability, according to Junior National Security Minister Jonathan Smith.
Senator Smith has hit out at recent criticisms of Government and Premier Paula Cox accusing critics of not knowing ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2011
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Staff at Lefroy House should be commended for doing a great job to care for our seniors, according to Senator LaVerne Furbert.
Sen Furbert told the Senate she was “very concerned” to read a story in The Royal Gazette about seniors “languishing” at t...
DATE: Jul 14, 2011
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