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It is now less risky to let experimental energy creators operate in Bermuda, a minister has said.
Lindsay Simmons, the Junior Minister of Home Affairs, made the comments as the Senate passed legislation this morning allowing operators to develop new ...
DATE: Jun 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The Government has denied it withheld encrypted e-mails from the public about a taxpayer-funded payout of almost a quarter of a million dollars to protesters who shut down Parliament.
But it did not release the messages yesterday nor did it give any...
DATE: Jun 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
David Burt, the Premier, said he was “putting money in people’s pockets”, and doing a good job.
The comments come despite widespread concerns about a cost of living crisis in Bermuda.
Mr Burt admitted the Government had made mistakes and misjudgments...
DATE: Jun 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The cost of some food items has increased by almost 30 per cent in the past year, according to the latest figures.
Statistics released by the Government’s Department of Statistics yesterday show that the price of some meat, fresh fruit and vegetable...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Tributes have continued to be paid to leading charity campaigner Olga Scott.
Mrs Scott, who was married to former Premier Alex Scott, and died at the age of 83, was hailed by the Progressive Labour Party as a “formidable” woman who made Bermuda a...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
E-mails sent by a senior civil servant about a taxpayer-funded payout of almost a quarter of a million dollars to protesters who shut down Parliament were withheld from the public because they were encrypted.
The messages should have been reviewed an...
DATE: Jun 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The island’s legal avenues for marriage equality have probably been exhausted – but younger Bermudians will continue to push the issue, a human rights activist warned.
Linda Bogle-Mienzer, one of the island’s more prominent voices in support of same...
DATE: Jun 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A war of words over travel authorisation revenues and the island’s economy continued over the weekend, with the Opposition questioning the Government’s justification for changing how money earmarked for Covid-19 would be used.
But a government spokes...
DATE: Jun 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A financial support package for families struggling to deal with increases in the cost of food will be discussed by the Cabinet next week.
David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance, told MPs that laws passed in 2020 but only being brought int...
DATE: Jun 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
Same-sex couples who married before a landmark Privy Council judgment will have certainty that their nuptials remain valid if legislation tabled in the House of Assembly yesterday is passed.
Walter Roban, the Deputy Premier and Minister of Home Affai...
DATE: Jun 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter