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Government workers will be advised of their rights in an education campaign from the Labour Relations Section.
Labour minister Lovitta Foggo announced the move in the House of Assembly as she responded to “concerns and queries” to the Ministry of Lab...
DATE: May 10, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Construction will be speeded up with new methods at the Department of Planning, home affairs minister Walter Roban revealed.
Mr Roban told the House of Assembly the planning director would be able to grant permission for some matters so that applican...
DATE: May 10, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
East End voters will choose a new mayor at the polls in the Town of St George today.
The race is down to Kenneth Bascome, a former mayor, and George Dowling III, a councillor, after Quinell Francis announced she was to stand down from the role. Hamil...
DATE: May 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A candidate in the race to be Mayor of St George said a police station in the Olde Towne was a priority.
Kenneth Bascome, a former mayor who stepped down to become an MP for the One Bermuda Alliance, said he would seek the support of councillors to t...
DATE: May 07, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
MPs and senators were told they were on “a public platform” and should behave accordingly as part of talks in a two-day seminar with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
Appropriate use of social media and conduct in the House of Assembly were...
DATE: May 03, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Minister for the Cabinet Office said yesterday Bermuda was not in a recession.
Wayne Furbert added the bulletin of statistics for the last quarter of 2018 showed “some positive growth”.
He said retail sales had been down, but that could not be th...
DATE: May 03, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Minister of Legal Affairs, Hon. Kathy Lynn Simmons, JP, today issued AML-ATF Advisory 1/2019 about the risks in a number of jurisdictions arising from inadequate systems and controls to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.
The Proceeds o...
DATE: May 03, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
In recognition of Child Abuse Awareness Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Month (April), Saving Children and Revealing Secrets (SCARS) and Centre Against Abuse (CAA) united to hold a join event Partner in Prevention on Friday, 26 April 2019.
SCAR...
DATE: May 02, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Changes to legislation to tackle the problem of mixed-status families will be tabled this summer, the national security minister said yesterday.
Wayne Caines said: “We believe that by the end of this parliamentary session, we will definitely be able...
DATE: May 01, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Craig Cannonier, the Leader of the Opposition, said the protection of Bermuda’s children had been discussed with Lord Ahmad.
The British Foreign Office Minister for the Overseas Territories met with Mr Cannonier and other members of the One Bermuda A...
DATE: Apr 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell