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A collapsed wall at a cricket club has been rebuilt with the help of the One Bermuda Alliance.
Michael Dunkley, the Shadow Minister of National Security and a big Somerset Cup Match fan, went in to bat for the cup-holders after a controversial House ...
DATE: Jun 26, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Census results have confirmed a wage gap based on race, a Cabinet member told MPs.
Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Government Reform, said that income differences had not levelled out and that legislation requiring equal pay for equal work had “limi...
DATE: Jun 25, 2018
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Politics
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The public works minister abused his power in a Cup Match clash with Somerset Cricket Club over the Governor presenting the trophy, the shadow minister claimed yesterday.
Trevor Moniz, the One Bermuda Alliance spokesman on the portfolio, spoke out af...
DATE: Jun 25, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A pastor thrown into jail after he wrote about the unfair treatment of Jamaican workers in Bermuda more than 100 years ago could be granted a pardon.
David Burt, the Premier, told the House of Assembly yesterday that the case against the Reverend Cha...
DATE: Jun 23, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Ministry of Education’s community schools will be moved to the Department of Workforce Development after a fall in enrolment.
Seven staff members at the Community Education Development Programme will be moved to Workforce Development.
Diallo Raba...
DATE: Jun 23, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A new code for government buying will help small businesses bid for public contracts, a minister said yesterday.
Lovitta Foggo, the government reform minister, told the House of Assembly that Government would “use its purchasing power” to help create...
DATE: Jun 23, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Restrictions on car ownership will make it easier for homeowners to earn extra income through a rental property, the House of Assembly heard yesterday.
Walton Brown, the home affairs minister, said that one-bedroom and studio apartments will be given...
DATE: Jun 23, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Minister of Transport yesterday tabled legislation yesterday to allow police to carry out roadside breath tests.
Walter Roban said the Road Traffic (Road Sobriety Checkpoints) Amendment Act would deter drink driving.
He told the House of Assembly...
DATE: Jun 23, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Legislation designed to end conscription into the island’s military is to be debated in the House of Assembly today.
The Defence Amendment Act 2018, tabled by Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, was drawn up to fulfil a General Election ...
DATE: Jun 22, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Health minister Kim Wilson advised the public on travel and free health screenings in a ministerial statement at the House of Assembly today.
To read her statement in full, click on the PDF under “Related Media”.
DATE: Jun 22, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff