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Questions were raised in the House of Assembly yesterday over a $2 million final payment to a technology firm behind the Government’s software for Covid-19 screening.
MPs were told that ResQwest, which provided the technology behind the Travel Author...
DATE: Dec 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A report showed that Bermuda is unprepared for the “full measure of self-governance” according to a series of indicators against which the island’s readiness was measured, the House of Assembly heard today.
Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Minister of Legal A...
DATE: Dec 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda’s self governance status, a bill forming the Morgan’s Point Company and a debate on establishment of the minimum wage are some of the likely highlights of today’s House of Assembly. Stay with us for live coverage!
DATE: Dec 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
People worried about a proposed medical waste facility in St David’s confronted the chief executive of the Bermuda Land Development Company over their concerns at a public meeting last night.
Andrew Dias took questions at a protest gathering where s...
DATE: Dec 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A junior minister has claimed that the Government is not responsible for drawing up controversial laws to protect Bermuda’s waters from overfishing.
Instead, the senator Lindsay Simmons said that the island’s “colonial status” meant that the Governme...
DATE: Dec 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Cole Simons, the Leader of the Opposition, is in London this week at the British Overseas Territories Forum.
Mr Simons attended to discuss common global challenges as well as unique individual legislature issues with Overseas Territories members.
In ...
DATE: Dec 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda could be more “forceful” in its stand-off with Britain over the legalisation of cannabis as the international enforcement of current laws is “tainted by racism”, a leading academic has stated.
Professor William Bogart, who has written extens...
DATE: Dec 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Passengers have been asked to give their opinion on how the introduction of 30 electric buses is working out.
Wayne Furbert, the Minister of Transport, said that $50,000 had been saved in fuel costs since the vehicles began operating on the island in...
DATE: Nov 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Payment is expected to be made in the next two weeks by the ruling party of the Bahamas to fully reimburse a trip made by the islands’ Prime Minister and others to Bermuda.
Philip Davis visited with officials in October when he was a guest of the Pro...
DATE: Nov 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Leading analysts have painted a bleak picture of Bermuda’s economic future in the wake of disappointing financial statistics.
Craig Simmons, a Bermuda College lecturer, and Robert Stubbs, a researcher for the think-tank SEED, said that a lack of inve...
DATE: Nov 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan