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More than a year after firefighters were assured a new ladder truck was on its way, they were told yesterday it would be at least another 12 months before a replacement would be ready for use.
The Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service’s efforts were hamper...
DATE: Jul 21, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Ten scholarships, valued at $10,000 each, have been handed out under the Public Service Bursary Scheme.
Government reform minister Lovitta Foggo said the move would help young Bermudians fill essential technical and professional posts within the publ...
DATE: Jul 21, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Department of Workforce Development scholarships were handed to 34 students.
Diallo Rabain told the House of Assembly 16 received up to $10,000 each for the National Technical Vocational Training scholarship and six were awarded the Technical Vocatio...
DATE: Jul 21, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The One Bermuda Alliance repeated its call for the Parliamentary Registrar to release a report into the controversial release of voter information.
Opposition leader Jeanne Atherden said a number of “very troubling questions” remained unanswered on h...
DATE: Jul 21, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A Litigation Guardian Council will be set up by the Bermuda Government.
The body will provide regulatory oversight of the recruitment, management and administration of litigation guardians on the island, according to social development minister Micha...
DATE: Jul 21, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Premier delivered a national address last night and pledged “a Bermuda that can, and will, work for all of us”.
David Burt unveiled new plans to benefit seniors and students, and looked back on the Progressive Labour Party’s first year back in po...
DATE: Jul 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Fears over future public access to the beach next to the St Regis Resort, which is under construction in St George’s, could be settled after the House of Assembly sits today.
MPs will debate the St George’s Resort Act 2018, which will include a guara...
DATE: Jul 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A single platform pledge out of 21 made by the Government for its first one hundred days remains uncompleted, Bermuda’s Premier has claimed.
However, an in-depth interview with David Burt suggested that some promises said to be fulfilled are only wo...
DATE: Jul 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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It was a landslide victory for the Progressive Labour Party, which had chosen David Burt as its leader just eight months earlier.
Now, after the high of triumph, the Premier has told how the cut-and-thrust of life at the top of politics has affected ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Rolfe Commissiong pledged “relief is on the way” as he tabled a report on a living wage in Bermuda.
Mr Commissiong, chairman of the Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on the establishment of a living wage, urged MPs to consider the plight of the po...
DATE: Jul 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell