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Tourism boss Wayne Caines has backed the decision to keep the Travel Authorisation form – but pledged that the process would be made less cumbersome.
Mr Caines, who is the chairman of the Bermuda Tourism Authority, admitted that inefficiencies such ...
DATE: Jun 06, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda’s high cost of living, violent crime, healthcare and education system were among the concerns raised by a grass roots campaign group this week.
Members of Mobilise Organise Visualise Execute – Move – hit out at what it sees as a lack of effec...
DATE: May 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda and Britain share a history of “pride and shame”, the island’s new Deputy Governor said as he was sworn in to the post.
Tom Oppenheim, whose previous diplomatic postings included Moscow, insisted he wanted to uphold the Constitution as he was...
DATE: May 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Independence may be the island’s road map away from racism, a former Progressive Labour Party premier has claimed.
Ewart Brown said that Black people were still treated as second-class citizens in Bermuda and that racial discrimination was rife.
But ...
DATE: Apr 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
It will be legal to grow and sell cannabis – if controversial legislation passed in the House of Assembly yesterday gets Royal Assent from the Governor.
The Cannabis Licensing Act 2022 would create a regulated framework for growth and sale of the dru...
DATE: Mar 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Children in care will get a say in decisions made about their welfare if a new advisory council gets the go-ahead, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors said yesterday.
Tinée Furbert told MPs: “The innovative proposed enhancements take into ...
DATE: Mar 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A law to clear the criminal convictions of people caught with small amounts of cannabis has stalled because old documents often failed to quantify the amounts of drugs involved
DATE: Mar 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Education minister, Diallo Rabain, has denied that Government foot-dragging over deciding when eight primary schools will shut in a major shake-up has left parents in limbo.
Ministers first announced the radical reforms in December 2020, but work on ...
DATE: Mar 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Jason Hayward, the Minister of Economy and Labour, and the Minister of Education, Diallo Rabain, will talk on the Budget and how it affects their ministries.
DATE: Mar 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Ground could be broken on a new fishing facility by the start of next year, the economy minister has revealed.
Jason Hayward, the Minister of Economy and Labour, said during the budget debate on Monday that much progress had been made on the plan for...
DATE: Mar 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan