7 results returned for search: "" category "Year in Review" author Fiona McWhirter
Showers and occasional thunderstorms brought by different weather systems take a bite out of carnival season
DATE: Jan 01, 2024
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Fiona McWhirter
The Minister of Home Affairs approves request despite a recommendation from the Development Applications Board not to proceed
DATE: Jan 01, 2024
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Fiona McWhirter
Britain blocked legislation passed in the House of Assembly to create a framework for regulating a cannabis industry on the island.
Rena Lalgie, the Governor, said she was “instructed” by the British foreign secretary to refuse Royal Assent to the Ca...
DATE: Jan 01, 2023
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Fiona McWhirter
More than 20 months after it first hit Bermuda’s shores, Covid-19 continued to disrupt life on the island when an outbreak and US testing requirements culminated in “chaos“ for travellers.
A source said they saw between 50 and 100 people who needed a...
DATE: Jan 01, 2023
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Fiona McWhirter
Workers took to the streets for two days of industrial action as a row about voting rights for union decertification escalated.
The Bermuda Industrial Union warned that it had the power to bring down the Government if it failed to give in to its dema...
DATE: Dec 31, 2021
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Fiona McWhirter
The environment took centre stage when Bermuda was represented at a major international conference on climate change and the island held its first youth summit on the subject.
But the month ended with the announcement that part of Marsh Folly was bei...
DATE: Dec 31, 2021
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Fiona McWhirter
Health teams, the Government and businesses braced themselves for the inevitable impact of Covid-19, which had taken more than 3,000 lives worldwide by March.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, announced that customs duty would be waived on hand saniti...
DATE: Dec 31, 2020
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Year in Review
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter