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The Department of Youth and Sport has been hard at work to help the community during Covid-19, MPs heard today.
Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, said in the House of Assembly that many staff have joined in to help d...
DATE: May 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Legislation to allow people to withdraw up to $12,000 from their private pension plans was approved by the Senate yesterday.
Vance Campbell, a government senator and the junior public works minister, said the legislation was intended to help people w...
DATE: May 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Wedding bells are to ring out again, but scuba diving will be banned under amendments to Covid-19 regulations.
David Burt, the Premier, told the House of Assembly on Friday that the amendments had been approved by Cabinet as he put the regulations be...
DATE: May 11, 2020
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Politics
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Shadow finance minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin revisited a bitter dispute in the House of Assembly, saying the official recording had vindicated her after being accused of maligning low earners during a March sitting.
In a March 16 debate on the Pay...
DATE: May 11, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
People who have felt the pinch as a result of the Covid-19 shutdown can take up to $12,000 from their private pension funds after the legislation was fast-tracked in the House of Assembly yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, said the Go...
DATE: May 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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MPs paid their respects yesterday to “trailblazing” Stanley Lowe, a former Speaker of the House of Assembly, who died last month aged 82.
Many said the longest-serving MP in modern Bermudian history, known for his fairness as Speaker, had ordered the...
DATE: May 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
MPs will honour the late Speaker of the House Stanley Lowe today as the legislature sits in a virtual session.
Members of Parliament and senators were expected to pay tribute to the former Speaker and veteran Parliamentarian, who was buried on Wednes...
DATE: May 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Government’s communications team was this morning praised for its work to help stop the spread of Covid-19.
Jamahl Simmons, the Minister Without Portfolio, who is responsible for communications, told MPs that the aim of his ministerial statement...
DATE: May 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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A Best of Bermuda Day Parade special will be screened later this month, the community affairs minister said this morning.
Lovitta Foggo said that the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs would work CITV to provide the public with a “Best of ...
DATE: May 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Residents have called on the Government to use local expertise to help stimulate the economy.
People also suggested boosting hotels and restaurants and creating high streets at either end of the island in an online forum set up by the Government afte...
DATE: May 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff