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Bermuda should invest in algae farms to help fight climate change, a Progressive Labour Party MP backbencher urged.
Dennis Lister III said that the island should look at “exploring algae cultivation as a means of combating this imminent issue”.
He a...
DATE: Dec 03, 2019
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Claims that proposed healthcare reforms have been rushed are wrong, Bermuda’s health minister said.
Kim Wilson said that it was “wholly inaccurate to suggest” that the Bermuda Health Plan had been hurried.
She added: “The purpose of this discussion...
DATE: Dec 03, 2019
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Yearly road crash figures appear to have decreased as a result of breath-test checkpoints, national security minister Wayne Caines said on Friday in the House of Assembly.
The minister said the island had recorded 1,117 collisions so far this year, c...
DATE: Dec 02, 2019
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Politics
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News Staff
A Bill dealing with pension scheme payments was put on hold after a string of complaints from the One Bermuda Alliance at the House of Assembly.
Wayne Furbert, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, agreed to “rise and report” on the National Pension S...
DATE: Dec 02, 2019
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Bermuda’s newest MP told colleagues that he was tired of “political bickering” in his maiden address to Parliament yesterday.
Jason Hayward said: “As a matter of fact, I am not fond of our current political construct that is adversarial in nature.”
T...
DATE: Nov 30, 2019
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MPs are to debate housekeeping legislation for the Ministry of Finance today, as well as the Annual Report of the Bermuda College for 2018-19.
Among items on the Orders of the Day was the Criminal Injuries (Compensation) Amendment Act 2019, to be bro...
DATE: Nov 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two cruise lines have pledged to change practices that have hurt Bermuda businesses, the tourism minister said yesterday.
Zane DeSilva said that a ministry representative had heard “disparaging” remarks about public transport and the high cost of tax...
DATE: Nov 29, 2019
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Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, delivered a statement on staffing updates in his ministry at the House of Assembly today.
• To read Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch’s statement in full, click on the PDF under “Related Medi...
DATE: Nov 29, 2019
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Politics
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News Staff
The Government is inviting “honest and direct engagement from the community” on how Bermuda can address race relations.
The public will be asked to share “thoughts and views and possible solutions on how we can better connections between races”, comm...
DATE: Nov 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community and Sport, delivered a ministerial statement at the House of Assembly today on the celebration of Sammy Wilson and Clarence Hill.
• To read Lovitta Foggo’s statement in full, click on the PDF under “Re...
DATE: Nov 29, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff