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Bermuda’s limit of one car per household should be relaxed to allow more people to drive minicars instead of motorcycles, MPs heard on Friday.
Opposition MPs raised the issue during the debate over the Green Paper on Transport.
Cole Simons, Shadow Mi...
DATE: Jun 10, 2019
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The Minister of National Security defended the work he is doing for the Department of Corrections in the House of Assembly on the same day that prison officers marched in protest of pay and working conditions.
Wayne Caines spoke during the Motion to...
DATE: Jun 10, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Prison officers picketed the House of Assembly yesterday as part of an industrial dispute over pay and conditions.
Timothy Seon, the president of the Prison Officers Association, said in a Bermuda Broadcasting Company interview that no formal pay off...
DATE: Jun 08, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda's “historic wrongs” that deprived citizens of property are to be investigated by a commission of inquiry, David Burt announced yesterday.
The Premier told the House of Assembly that some victims might have died, along with “those who committe...
DATE: Jun 08, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The House of Assembly is expected to hear about status of the stalled Ritz-Carlton Caroline Bay hotel resort at Morgan’s Point in Southampton.
A statement on the development will be given this morning by Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance.
A c...
DATE: Jun 07, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Fintech training has been taken up by hundreds of Bermudians, David Burt told the House of Assembly this morning.
The Premier said more than 300 registered for training, launched in January, while 130 completed introductory courses. Eighty took part ...
DATE: Jun 07, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s emergency agencies are prepared for the threat of major storms as the hurricane season gets under way, Wayne Caines told the House of Assembly today.
Mr Caines, said he had chaired a meeting of the Emergency Measures Organisation Executive ...
DATE: Jun 07, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Tourism minister Zane DeSilva described the announcement of the Bermuda Championship, the island’s first mainstream PGA Tour event, as “a very exciting development for sports tourism”.
To read Zane DeSilva’s statement to the House of Assembly in full...
DATE: Jun 07, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Ascendant Group sale must be approved under ministerial directions, home affairs minister Walter Roban said today.
Mr Roban told the House of Assembly the Regulatory Authority must give consent to the licence transfer of the utility group, which ...
DATE: Jun 07, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
National security minister Wayne Caines provided an update on the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s involvement with Exercise Trade Winds in the Domincian Republic.
• To read Wayne Caines’s statement in full, click on the PDF under “Related Media”
DATE: Jun 07, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff